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Sampler fragment

Spanish
mid-19th century
Object Place: Spain

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions 35.7 x 51.5 cm (14 1/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore, and Miss Mary Magoun Brown, in memory of their mother, Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Accession Number50.4033
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionPart of a sampler worked on a brown linen buckram, central scene of two hunters and two dogs, one retrieving, central group surrounded by large-scale alphabet letters, below central group inscription: "Colegio de las Misericordia", wool colors faded, buckram ground stained.
ProvenanceGift of Mrs. Edward C. Moore and Miss Mary Magoun Brown to MFA, 1950