Sampler

Textile

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.78

Description

White linen embroidery sampler with circular stamped doily motif; parts of pattern are worked in shades of light brown, green, blue, and peach.

Category

Samplers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Aida Minnie (Johnston) Trappan

Time Period

Early 20th Century

Place

Location

Embroidery School, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn

City

Brooklyn, New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

samplers (embroidery)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

17 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (43.8 × 44.1 cm)

Material

Linen

Color

White, peach, light brown, Green, Blue

Location

Box

Box 7 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio