Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Luce Center
Sampler.
Object Number:
1942.264
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. ( 30.8 x 24.1 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: across center, copper floss: "Girtrue Zabriskie Was borne (sic) in / the year of our Lord . 1840."
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets, numbers, inscription and designs in upper two-thrids, bottom third empty, straight borders on all sides; cross stitched.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maria D. Pope
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
