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Embroidered sampler

Jane Wilson

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Embroidered sampler by Jane Wilson. Tan fabric rectangular background. Colored flowers and leaves embroidered around edges. Alphabet and numbers embroidered in blocks across center. Poem embroidered at bottom. Black frame with gold lining. Frame rectangular. No images or icons. Text written in black ink. Embroidered text colored in shades of blue, green, red, yellow. Sampler hangs on white wall.

Artwork details

Date:
1791
Medium:
silk on linen
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
477 × 624 px
Museum record:
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