Unfinished needlepoint sampler, 1848.
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- Created Date
- 1848
- Description
This needlepoint sampler is worked in brightly colored wools on open-weave linen. It includes the names "Magdelaine Seigneur" in pink wool along the top and "Marguerite" in lavender wool at the center bottom. The initials "MA" and "AMSK" are worked in pink and red wool at the left. The sampler also features two full alphabets and one partial alphabet (A through N), the numbers 1 through 9 and several floral motifs.
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Textiles
Sampler (embroidery)
Needlepoint (visual works)
Embroidery (visual works)
Needlework (visual works)
Visual and verbal communication
Art - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Wool yarnNeedlepoint on linen
- Rights
- (c) 2007 by the History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, Wisconsin. Contact the owner for more information. http://www.myhistorymuseum.org
- Chicago citation style
- Unfinished needlepoint sampler, 1848.. 1848. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/860. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (1848) Unfinished needlepoint sampler, 1848.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/860
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/860>.