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Sampler

Collection Type

  • Textiles

GUSN

GUSN-41335

Description

Sampler on bristol board with wool thread. Depicts a seventeenth century oak chair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
bristol board
Berlin woolwork
wool (textile)
history (discipline)
furniture
Needlework
Sampler

Inscription

""Oaken Chair of Govr Carve's (sic)/ brought over in the Mayflower/ 1620,/ Now in Pilgrim Hall." (Embroidered)

Additional Identification Number

A4084

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

13 x 10 15/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Storke

Accession Number

1969.356

Places

Somerville (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)

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