Alphabet Sampler with Whitework
1684
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, silk and linen embroidery threads, 32 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (83.4 x 22.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Jacqueline H. Hess Needlework Fund
Object Number
1972.35.2
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1972; Mr. George B. Hess, Sr. , Pennsylvania.
BMA, 'Decorative Arts Accessions 1968-1973,' February 27 - April 15, 1973.
Anita Jones, BMA, 'In 'Prayse of the Needle': English Needlework from the 17th through the 19th Centuries,' August 13, 1997 - February 13, 1998.
Anita Jones, BMA, 'In 'Prayse of the Needle': English Needlework from the 17th through the 19th Centuries,' August 13, 1997 - February 13, 1998.
Inscribed: See Description for complete listing of all inscriptions. Signed in embroidery at the bottom of the sampler: 'E D/1684'
