Embroidered sampler

Betsy P. Cross

1817 · Silk on linen/wool, embroidered · The American Wing

Samplers like this one, that have a ground fabric, usually green in color, woven with a linen warp and a woolen weft (commonly called linsey-woolsey), most often originated in Essex County, Massachusetts, or in southeastern New Hampshire.

Artist

Betsy P. Cross

Date

1817

Medium

Silk on linen/wool, embroidered

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957