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DepartmentTextiles-Africa

Sampler

NameSampler
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Date1890 - 1915
Place madeSale, Morocco, Africa
MediumCotton, silk
Dimensions27 15/16 × 35 1/16 in. (71 × 89 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.716
Object numberA.1980.2.716
ProvenancePurchased in Munich.
DescriptionEmbroidered, cross-stitch, flat stitch. Multicolored silk on cotton. Various size rectangles with various stitches, some floral, mostly geometric. Center cross-stitch fully covers ground, other areas more open. // M. Cutler no. 433.
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