Sampler
1800s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Sampler, 1800s. Germany, 19th century. Embroidery; cotton on cotton; overall: 59.1 x 55.3 cm (23 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother 1942.525
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sampler
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery; cotton on cotton
- Medium
- embroidery, cotton
- Dimensions
- Overall: 59.1 x 55.3 cm (23 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: top center: "Clara Krogsgaard"; upper left: "Andreas./ Eduard./ Oswald./ Waldemar."; upper right: "Wilhelmme./ Bertha./ Anna./ Ida."; center, rows of alphabet and numerals, below: "Emilie Boltsch./ Lehrerin"; on either side and below center alphabet and numerals, another set of alphabet.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1942.525
- Credit Line
- The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their mother
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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