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Nancy Perkins

Sampler,

Description

Maker

  • Nancy Perkins

Title

Sampler

Medium

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

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • linen,
  • wool,
  • silk,
  • watercolor,
  • ink,
  • paper

Techniques

  • linen,
  • wool,
  • Silk,
  • watercolor,
  • ink,
  • paper

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

About

Sampler

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

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 Copyright. This object is Sampler with the accession number of 37.034. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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