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Nancy Perkins

Sampler, 1821

Description

Maker

  • Nancy Perkins, b. 1807, American

Title

Sampler

Year

1821

Medium

linen; wool; silk; watercolor; ink; paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • linen,
  • ink,
  • paper (fiber product),
  • wool,
  • watercolor

Techniques

  • stem stitch,
  • plain weave,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • satin stitch,
  • cross stitch,
  • couching

Dimensions

43.2 x 45.7 cm (17 x 18 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In panel:If happiness be your pursuit / Plant virtue and contents the fruit. / Nancy S. Perkins / Agd 14 1821

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Edith M. Noble

Object Number

37.034

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Sampler with the accession number of 37.034. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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