Sampler
Cooper Hewitt

Sampler

Sarah Harris · 1786

Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: cross stitches on plain weave foundation
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Long vertical rectangle worked in many colors on a natural ground. An alphabet appears at the top. The remainder of the space is filled with pattern lozenges containing flowers, birds and animals. The work is signed "Sarah Harris" and "a token of My Love to EG 1786".

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