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Whitework sampler
English, mid-17th century
England
114.2 x 17 cm (44 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.) (detail shown)
Linen plain weave ground embroidered with linen
Classification: TextilesObject is currently not on viewWhitework sampler illustrating progression from pulled work through cutwork including various forms of reticella, bottom 2 bands with free-form needlelace with Adam and Eve at bottom. Mermaid with mirror(?) fourth band from bottom.
Stitches: pulled work including double hem; cut work including buttonhole and buttonhole filling. Museum of Fine Arts, BostonGift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene in memory of their sister, Lilian Greene, 1946
Accession number: 46.369Provenance/Ownership History: Lent by the Misses Greene, March 21, 1938; gift of Miss Alma Greene and Miss Sarah Eloise Greene to MFA, 1946
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