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Source Description
This sampler features embroidery in counted satin stitch, pattern darning, and double running stitch.The fineness of detail suggests that this sampler is the product of a professional workshop, made to record patterns or to show to prospective customers. Decorative bands like the ones on the sampler appear on tunics as widely spaced stripes, both vertical and horizontal.
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Document identity
localId
39080
label
Sampler
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
39080
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Sampler
description
This sampler features embroidery in counted satin stitch, pattern darning, and double running stitch.The fineness of detail suggests that this sampler is the product of a professional workshop, made to record patterns or to show to prospective customers. Decorative bands like the ones on the sampler appear on tunics as widely spaced stripes, both vertical and horizontal.
provenance
Maurice Nahman; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
14th-15th century (Mamluk)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Textiles
textiles
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14
height
27.4
depth
0.1
dimensionsRaw
5 1/2 x 10 13/16 x 1/16 in. (14 x 27.4 x 0.1 cm)
Source extras
med
linen, silk
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
ISL
TAF
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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c75c38b604c86628