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Sample Book Page, Mural Scrolls, 1948
Mural miniatures of large-scale wall decorations designed especially for silk screen reproduction by the artists Calder, Matisse, Matta and Miro. They are entitled respectively, “A Piece of My Workshop”, “Arbre…
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Darning Sampler (England), 1800
Handkerchief embroidered with five darning crosses on sheer linen. The initials FR and HW surmonted by two crowns, and the date 1800 are worked in black silk; the crosses in…
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Sample Book Page (USA), ca. 1910
Eighty-three samples of machine-made openwork and several examples of hand made lace mounted on boards. They imitate hand-embroidered net, crochet, or needlepoint. All are floral patterns plus a few of…
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Sample Book Page (probably USA), 1900–1920
Two hundred and eight samples of machine-made openwork in imitation of bobbin laces and mounted on boards. All are floral patterns plus a few of an early 1920’s geometric style.…
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Darning Sampler (England), 1809
A white rose on a stem with leaves and buds in the center and surrounded by eight crosses of darning stitches. Hemmed on four sides.
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Darning Sampler (England), 1785
Darning sampler with five pattern crosses. Hemmed on all four sides. Five holes were cut from the plain weave foundation fabric and the holes darned to simulate five different weaves;…
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Darning Sampler, 1811
Fourteen darning crosses, inset patch in middle with crowned monogram, two inset corners and two decorative embroidered squares.
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Darning Sampler, 1816
Four darning crosses, one with knitting, in the middle crowned monogram. Four decorative squares and each numeral of the date in a embroidered square. Central patch was not removed and…
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Darning Sampler, 1843
Eleven squares of pattern darning, one inset corner, an inset patch in the center with crowned initials and date.
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Darning Sampler (Germany), 1824
Fourteen squares of pattern darning, a square of simulated knitting, two insert patches, one with initials and date, two inset corners, and small squares of decorative stitchery.
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