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Samplers were created as a mark of achievement in needlework by young ladies as they progressed in their education. Because they display levels of skill and technique, samplers often include figurative or scenic decoration along with the alphabet and various horizontal and vertical patterns that could serve as guides for future stitching. Most samplers reveal the pride of a young lady as she showed off her considerable accomplishment in sewing and were treasured from generation to generation.
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Document identity
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122190
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Long Sampler
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122190
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object
title
Long Sampler
description
Samplers were created as a mark of achievement in needlework by young ladies as they progressed in their education. Because they display levels of skill and technique, samplers often include figurative or scenic decoration along with the alphabet and various horizontal and vertical patterns that could serve as guides for future stitching. Most samplers reveal the pride of a young lady as she showed off her considerable accomplishment in sewing and were treasured from generation to generation.
date
c. 1650–70
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CC0
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en
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Q80018435
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Sampler
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Overall: 59.4 x 17.5 cm (23 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
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England, 17th century
accession
1942.506
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embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
tombstone
Long Sampler, c. 1650–70. England, 17th century. Embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground; overall: 59.4 x 17.5 cm (23 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, 1942.506
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Textiles
inscriptions
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below: "WELL GROWN IN GRACE/ WELL LEARNED AND WELL/ TAUGHT BY FAYTH AND/ GOOD WORKS IS SALVATION/ WROUGHT. M B."
didYouKnow
Long samplers from England in the 1600s often reproduced or adapted designs from earlier pattern books for needlework.
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The Mary Pack McNairy Collection
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2026-05-29 06:17:15.572000
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122190
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Textiles
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Textiles
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embroidery: silk on linen tabby ground
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