Decorative arts

Needlework Sampler

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1786
Accession number: 2022.25.7
Maker: Martha Bradley(Opens in new tab) (American, born 1774)
Dimensions: 13 × 10 1/2 × 1/4 in. (33 × 26.7 × 0.6 cm.)
Medium: Silk thread on a linen ground
Description: A sampler with the inscription: MARTHA BRADLEY BORN JANUARY THE 31 IN YEAR 1774 AGD TWELVE YEARS. Dracut, Massachusetts, 1786, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over signature lines, surrounded by solid-stitched floral borders on three sides and lower geometric border
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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