Sampler

Textiles

1775/1800

United States, probably Massachusetts, Newburyport

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Sampler
Place: Massachusetts (Object made for:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1775–1800
Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, Romanian, satin, and stem stitches
Dimensions: 27.2 × 19.4 cm (10 3/4 × 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Reference Number: 1950.1135
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Art Institute of Chicago, American Arts, Gallery 166, Nov. 12, 1996-Apr. 4, 1997.
Art Institute of Chicago, American Arts,Gallery 166, May 20-Oct. 1, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Fabric of a New Nation: American Needlework and Textiles, 1776-1840 Dec. 16, 2011–Jun. 3, 2012,; rxtended: Jul. 12–Nov. 11, 2012.

Elizabeth Vaughan (1871-1949; born Elizabeth Tyson), South Berwick, ME, and Sherborn, MA, by Jan. 11, 1949 [Incoming receipt, R9946, Jan. 11, 1950; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1950.

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