Lorinda Morris
Sampler
1807
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, silk embroidery threads, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (36.2 x 26 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number
1997.211
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1997; Dena Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD by purchase; Sotherby's, New York, NY.
Inscribed: Embroidered in black letters within cream field in center of sampler: 'Lorinda Morris/ born August 29/ 1798 Deerfield 1807' See DESCRIPTION for further worked inscriptions. Handwritten in pencil in script on the dust cover on the reverse: 'Fr Coxe Mrs of the op Era/ tradition - Everest Rec/ 10920 Wilshire Blvd/ Suite 410/ Los A - Cal./ 90024'; Also handwritten on the reverse dust cover in black ink on a white pressure sensitive sticker: '3371/68/4'
