Sampler
Unknown American, American
1790-1795
Silk on linen, embroidery
Overall: 15 11/16 × 16 3/8 in. (39.8 × 41.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Joan and Victor Johnson in memory of Theodore Foulk
T.990.35
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Textile: Sampler
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
HIST 9.1, Empires and Colonies in North America, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2014
Exhibition History
Lessons Stitched in Silk: Samplers from the Canterbury Region of New Hampshire, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1990.
Publication History
Lessons Stitched in Silk: Samplers from the Canterbury Region of New Hampshire. (Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art), number 6 in Checklist of the Exhibition (not illustrated), page 18.
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