Sampler fragment

Textile

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Name/Title

Sampler fragment

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.41

Description

Natural linen with wool embroidery and beadwork featuring two seated figures, one male holding a lamb, one female playing with a dog, surrounded by various floating animals, baskets, flowers, and birdcages. Alphabets embroidered at top, numbers at bottom. In center at top: "Anna Niklaus/1887." Linen cut through embroidery at upper and side edges.

Textile Type

Woven embroidered sampler

Category

Samplers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Anna Niklaus

Date made

1887

Place

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

embroidery (visual works), samplers (embroidery)

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

17 x 17 1/2 in. (43.2 x 44.5 cm)

Material

Linen, Wool, Glass

Color

Off White

Location

Box

Box 7 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio