Spot Motif Sampler with Initials “I.S.”
1735-1745
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, wool embroidery threads, 17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (44.5 x 37.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore
Object Number
2015.38
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2014; Richard Lansburgh, Baltimore
Inscribed: "IS" embroidered in top half of sampler. Letters "I" and "S" embroidered on either side of a woman wearing a red and white dress at upper right. "M" and "S"/ "I" and "S" embroidered on either side of the trunk of a 'tree' in the lower right corner of the sampler. "" and "IS" at the lower left on either side of a large floral arrangement.
