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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.

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)
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