Sampler

Gertrude M. Oppenheimer; Mary Brown

1732

silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation, cotton tape

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Small square sampler of fine white linen with five rows of squares and circles cut out, with needle lace and hollie point fillings. White geometric bands in between the rows, and a border of acorns in curving vine. Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer