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Sampler, 1808, Nancy Sibley, American, 17 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (45.4 x 39.05 cm), Silk thread, metal-wrapped thread, painted linen, and painted paper on linen plain weave; needlework, United States, 19th century, From the colonial period to the mid nineteenth-century, sampler making formed a major component of polite education for young girls. Needlework samplers demonstrated the artistic achievements of students, chief among them being a range of delicate stitch techniques. This sampler records the skills of its ten-year-old maker in handling a dozen embroidery stitches, her abilities working with metallic thread (a challenging medium for the novice), as well as her competence in painting on cloth and applied paper.
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Sampler, 1808, Nancy Sibley, American, 17 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. (45.4 x 39.05 cm), Silk thread, metal-wrapped thread, painted linen, and painted paper on linen plain weave; needlework, United States, 19th century, From the colonial period to the mid nineteenth-century, sampler making formed a major component of polite education for young girls. Needlework samplers demonstrated the artistic achievements of students, chief among them being a range of delicate stitch techniques. This sampler records the skills of its ten-year-old maker in handling a dozen embroidery stitches, her abilities working with metallic thread (a challenging medium for the novice), as well as her competence in painting on cloth and applied paper.
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2727 x 3276 px | 25.6 MB
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23.1 x 27.7 cm | 9.1 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1808 • 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ABILITIES WORKING • AMERICAN • AMERICANS • APPLIED PAPER • ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS • ARTS AND CRAFTS: NEEDLEWORK • CHALLENGING MEDIUM, A • CHIEF • CLOTH • COLONIAL PERIOD • COMPETENCE • DELICATE STITCH TECHNIQUES • DOZEN EMBROIDERY STITCHES • EEUU • FORMED • HANDLING • HOUSEHOLD: NEEDLEWORK • KNITTING • LINEN PLAIN WEAVE • MAJOR COMPONENT • METAL-WRAPPED THREAD • METALLIC THREAD • MID NINETEENTH-CENTURY • NANCY SIBLEY • NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS DEMONSTRATED • NEEDLEWORK • NINETEENTH CENTURY • NOVICE • PAINT • PAINTED LINEN • PAINTED PAPER • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • POLITE EDUCATION • RANGE • SAMPLER RECORDS • SAMPLER • SEW • SEWING • SILK THREAD • SKILLS • STUDENTS • TEN-YEAR-OLD MAKER • U. S. A • U. S. A. • UNITED STATES • USA • WEAVE • WEAVING • WELL • XIX CENTURY • YOUNG GIRLS
