Nicolina Volpini
Alphabets, Birds, Buildings, and Other Motifs
1836
Physical Qualities
Probably linen ground, silk and cotton embroidery threads, 15 3/16 x 17 1/16 in. (38.6 x 43.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.329
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Rotation in Battye European Decorative Arts Gallery, January 9, 2012.- before May 16, 2012.
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. 26; traveling exhibition circulated Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown, Md.
[Note: catalogued incorrectly as American at the time.]
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. 26; traveling exhibition circulated Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown, Md.
[Note: catalogued incorrectly as American at the time.]
Inscribed: Signed in embroidered stitches in red and blue cross stitch at center of sampler: Crown motif and the initial "M"; in upper and lower case letters: "Nicolina Volpini"; then " IHS"
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