Embroidery

NameSampler

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datelate 19th century

Place collectedNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWool, canvas

DimensionsOverall: 14 3/16 x 15 3/16 in. (36 x 38.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1959.31

Object numberA5.1959.31

ProvenanceGift of Ina Sizer Cassidy, January 17, 1959.

DescriptionCross stitch sampler. Was bound in pale blue silk, hemmed all around. Geometrical border designs form a frame 4 cm deep all around, center worked in horizontal stripes: 1. "Lo hizo Luz V.", 2. roses, 3. blue running stems and leaves, yellow flowers, 4. pink and yellow flowers, 5 lozenge shapes, 6 tuplips. Shades of soft pink, greens, blues, yellows and orange, ten and brown. All wool. Made in New Mexico, late 19th C.