Spot sampler

Name/Title

Spot sampler

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.19

Description

White linen sampler with red and blue cross stitch of trees, birds, eagles, figures and animals.

Textile Type

Woven embroidered sampler

Category

Samplers

Acquisition

Accession

2025.9

Source or Donor

Brooklyn Museum

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist

Elisabeth Herman

Date made

1837

Place

Country

Germany

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

samplers (embroidery)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

13 5/8 x 11 in. (34.6 x 27.9 cm)

Material

Linen

Location

Box

Box 7 (Brooklyn Museum Collection)

Cabinet

Object Cabinet

Room

Studio