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Spot sampler

English
17th century
Object Place: Britain

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions 55.1 x 24.2 cm (21 11/16 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.279
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionStitches: back, Cretan, cross, eyelet, rice, rococco, Russian overcast filling; metal yarns embroidered including chain, couching, knot, plaited braid.
ProvenanceLent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943