Embroidered Sampler

Mary Davis

1826 · Silk and silk chenille on linen · The American Wing

In the opening decades of the nineteenth century, Baltimore was a flourishing inland port and the city’s prosperity was marked by the building of fine town houses and large country seats. In this sampler a handsome three-bay brick house is stitched in three-quarter view with a precisely worked white picket fence and entrance gate surrounding the garden.

Artist

Mary Davis

Date

1826

Medium

Silk and silk chenille on linen

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer, 1984