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Spot Motif Sampler with Initials “I.S.”
Public Domain

Spot Motif Sampler with Initials “I.S.”

1734

Scroll

Spot Motif Sampler with Initials “I.S.”

1734

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.

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