Needlework Sampler
Additional Title(s)
- Rare Needlework Sampler, Martha Bradley
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1786
MediumSilk thread on a linen ground
Dimensions13 × 10 1/2 × 1/4 in. (33 × 26.7 × 0.6 cm.)
DescriptionA sampler with the inscription: MARTHA BRADLEY BORN JANUARY THE 31 IN YEAR 1774 AGD TWELVE YEARS. Dracut, Massachusetts, 1786, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, with rows of alphabets over signature lines, surrounded by solid-stitched floral borders on three sides and lower geometric border
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
Not on viewObject number2022.25.7
