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Bird motif sampler
Maker: Mary Rogers (American, 19th century)
American, New England
1826
Object Place: Deerfield, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk in cross and eyelet stitches
Dimensions
Height x width: 27.3 × 53.3 cm (10 3/4 × 21 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Robert C. and Mary Lou Sutter
Accession Number2017.1338
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSampler with 3 alphabets, house with two facing birds at bottom center and scattered spot motifs, Serpentine rose border on 3 sides, signed "Mary [W.] Rogers [X] II 1826"
ProvenanceBy 2012, Robert and Mary Lou Sutter, Hanson, MA; 2017, bequest of Robert and Mary Lou Sutter to the MFA. (Accession date: June 21, 2017)