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Sampler

Clarissa Emerson (American, born 1808) Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
Date
1822/23
Medium
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, satin, stem, long and short, chain, upright Gobelin, oblique Gobelin, and feather stitches; laid work and couching; painted
Dimensions
55.3 × 42 cm (21 3/4 × 16 1/2 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
James D. Tigerman Estate; Margaret W. and John V. Farwell III Endowment Fund; Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Fund