Sampler is made of browntone buttons sewn on black velvet in the shape of a log cabin.
Also included is an owl in a tree, bird over the house and a moon.
Sampler is framed in flat brown wood
Many buttons are made from tagua nuts, which were used for balast in ships from South America; they are known as vegetable "ivory".
Artwork Details
Medium
Velvet, Buttons, Wood
Collection
Art
Made/Created
Date made
1880 - 1910
Notes
Date: 1880-1910
Made: Ella M. Sampson Daigen, 92 E. South St., Painesville, OH.
