Sampler

Textile

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Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.21

Description

Very fine silk cross stitch in colors of flower borders, such as were used in ladies’ purses. At the bottom, a shepherdess and her lamb; man standing; fruit, tree, birds.

Textile Type

Woven embroidered sampler

Category

Samplers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Anna Ricca

Date made

1830

Place

Country

Italy

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

samplers (embroidery)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

7 3/4 × 15 1/8 in. (19.7 × 38.4 cm)

Material

Linen, Silk

Location

Box

Box 7 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio