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Darning sampler
1849
Object Place: Germany or Holland
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
46.6 x 50.3 cm (18 3/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number46.747
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CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDarning or running stitch sampler. Square tan cotton ground having crosses, squares and lines of various linear, geometric and lozenge patterns, in polychrome silk yarns, randomly placed; some overlapping. Stitches: marking cross, pattern darning, simple darning. Slightly soiled.
ProvenanceGift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA, 1946