Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Sampler.
Title
Sampler.
Object name
Sampler
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Linen, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 30.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers, inscription and designs in upper two-thrids, bottom third empty, straight borders on all sides; cross stitched.
Credit Line
Gift of Maria D. Pope
Object Number
1942.264
Marks
embroidered: across center, copper floss: "Girtrue Zabriskie Was borne (sic) in / the year of our Lord . 1840."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
