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Vase and Bouquet with Corner Designs

1789-1809

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Vase and Bouquet with Corner Designs

1789-1809

Physical Qualities Linen ground, silk embroidery threads, 14 1/8 x 14 in. (35.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line Gloria B. and Herbert M. Katzenberg Collection
Object Number 2015.128
Darning sampler featuring a vase with a bouquet and Rococo lozenges in each corner displaying different patterns and colors. The central lt. blue vase includes a scene with a man and woman looking toward a small building with a red and white striped roof. The vase, which has fancy foot and opening and rests on a hillock contains a bouquet including a carnation, a rose, a large tulip, possibly a lily, and smaller flowers of various kinds with curling leaves. Each corner features an unusually shaped container or basket with flowers. Each is of a different design, pattern, and color. The work is done primarily in multiple colors of silk (floss) using darning stitches with outlines of chain stitches. The ground fabric is extremely fine and thin (possibly "tiffany" gauze" or scrim). The stitching is extremely delicate. The edges appear to have been lost on each side, although the frame tends to hide this in most areas.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Estate of Gloria Katzenberg, Baltimore
Lukacher, Joanne Martin. Imitation and Improvement: The Norfolk Sampler Tradition. Redmond WA: In the Company of Friends, 2013, p. 284, pp. 29192, p. 292, p. 297,p. 299, p. 303, p. 304, p. 307, p. 308.

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