Embroidered sampler

Unknown

1682 · Silk on linen · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Samplers from Friesland, in the northwest of the Netherlands, are characterized chiefly by many alphabets and a tree of life motif. This sampler also features pierced and crowned hearts (some with birds flanking them and some without), checkerboards, and sewing pillows, motifs typical of samplers from the Netherlands. The year 1682, which was stitched in now faded thread near the bottom of the sampler, is most likely the year in which the maker completed her work.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1682

Medium

Silk on linen

Culture

Dutch, Friesland

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957