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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1950

  • Work on this object ended.

1981

  • We acquired this object.

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Sampler (Argentina)

This is a Sampler. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1981. Its medium is cotton and its technique is embroidered in cross, half-cross, and running stitches on a foundation with paired and unpaired warps in plain weave structure with alternately skipped binding points. It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 21.6 x 24.1 cm (8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)

Cite this object as

Sampler (Argentina); cotton; H x W: 21.6 x 24.1 cm (8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer; 1981-28-388

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