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Embroidered darning sampler (British, 1780) by Frances Boyce.
Silk embroidery on linen (front and reverse of sampler shown).
Images and text information courtesy The Met.
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Embroidered darning sampler (British, 1780) by Frances Boyce.
Silk embroidery on linen (front and reverse of sampler shown).
Images and text information courtesy The Met.
Needs a good wash but the stitching is finished! Yes it's almost 3 years late but my sisters knows and doesn't care about having to wait.
Linen border embroidered with silk (Italy, 17th century).
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Needlework Sampler (England, 18th century).
Inscribed: 'Mary Strod is my name.'
Linen embroidered with silk.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Wikimedia.
Sampler (England, late 17th century).
Signed 'Margaret Collier Aged Eight Years.'
Linen and silk.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Wikimedia.
Embroidery Sampler (Ireland, 1852) by Elisha Ryan (Irish, born 1837-38).
Cotton, cutwork embroidered with wool.
Image and text information courtesy Art Institute Chicago.
Needlework sampler (circa 1811) by Rebecah French (American, born in 1802).
Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.
Floral Applique Sampler (1861).
Cotton.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.