Object Number 2013.0031.140

Object Name

Sampler (Spot motif sampler)

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle

Place of Origin

Mifflin, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

From the Amish community of the Big Valley in Mifflin County, PA.

Date

1840-1860

Materials

Cotton

Techniques

Embroidered, Woven (plain), Cross stitched

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

15.25 (L) , 14.5 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.735 (L) , 36.83 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hersh, Charles & Hersh, Tandy. 1991 Samplers of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: p. 280, fig. 6-48.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: p. 27, fig. 28