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Sampler
English, mid-17th century
Hannah Thornbush, British
England
33.25 x 7.38 cm (13 1/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Linen plain weave ground embroidered with silk
Classification: Textiles
Type, sub-type: Band samplerObject is currently not on viewBand sampler embroidered in silk with floral bands, alphabet, and "Hannah Thornbush is my name and when I was nine years of age I end." Embroidered with satin, cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, Algerian-eye, running, double running, and buttonhole and whipped stem stitches. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection, 1943
Accession number: 43.278Provenance/Ownership History: Lent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943
  
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