Object number1960.9.112

Sampler

Datec. 1808

Artist Currently Unidentified

CultureAmerican

MediumSilk threads on linen or linen and wool "linsey-woolsey" ground

DimensionsSight (wide rectangle): 15 7/8 x 18 9/16 in. (40.3 x 47.1 cm)
Matted: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004)

Vassar Exhibitions

Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Venture

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Thanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center," June 5-July 18, 2004
DescriptionA horizontally oriented pictorial Adam and Eve sampler on green linen/wool ground fabric with apple tree, Adam & Eve figures, serpent, and strawberry border.

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