Object Details
- Description
- Darning sampler with ten darning patterns surrounding a bouquet of darned flowers tied with a ribbon. Colors are tan, green and red.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Embroiderer
- Elizabeth Writtle
- Date
- 1802
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Marsha Carson
- Medium
- Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave
- Dimensions
- H x W (object): 34.6 × 30.2 cm (13 5/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
- H x W (framed): 39.3 × 34.3 cm (15 1/2 × 13 1/2 in.)
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Darning sampler
