Margaret Lowd
Band Sampler with Alphabets and Buildings
1821
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Margaret Lowd
Band Sampler with Alphabets and Buildings
1821
Physical Qualities
Linen ground wtih silk embroidery threads, 17 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (44.8 x 35.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.393
Rectangular band sampler with alphabets, numbers, signature and buildings. Sampler is worked in ecru, taupe, pale terra cotta, pale sage green, and pale pink silk embroidery threads on an olive green linen ground. Silk embroidery threads are all very faded.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroideries Vol. 1, New York: Alfred Knopf, 1993, pp. 238-243.
Mary Jaene Edmonds, Samplers and Samplermakers, An American School Girl Art 1700-1850, New York: Rizzoli, 1991, pp. 76-78.
Mary Jaene Edmonds, Samplers and Samplermakers, An American School Girl Art 1700-1850, New York: Rizzoli, 1991, pp. 76-78.
Inscribed: Six bands of alphabets or alphabet/number combinations Band # 7, embroidered in ecru cross-stitch: 'Margaret Lowd Work*d This Sampler Aged 10 years 1822(diamond motif)'
