The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 5, 2023

Sampler

1778

The Netherlands, Friesland

Silk on linen tabby ground; embroidery

Overall: 31.8 x 46.4 cm (12 1/2 x 18 1/4 in.)

The Mary Pack McNairy Collection 1942.530

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

rows of alphabet and numerals; below: "T S I W/ 1778."

Provenance
-1939
Mary Pack McNairy (1860-1939), Cleveland, OH, by inheritance to her daughters Gladys McNary White and Elizabeth McNary Monroe
1939-1941
Gladys McNary White (b. 1887) and Elizabeth McNary Monroe (1888-1974), Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1942-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Underhill, Gertrude. "A Collection of Samplers." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 30, no. 1 (1943). pp. 6-8 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.530