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Costume and Textiles

Sampler

Made in Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States, North and Central America

1819

Made by Mehitable Griswold, American, born c. 1806

Linen plain weave with gouache and silk embroidery in cross, satin, and stem stitches
23 1/2 x 28 inches (59.7 x 71.1 cm)

Currently not on view

1969-288-321

Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Incorporated, 1969

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Additional information:
  • PublicationThe Fine Art of Textiles

    Mehitable Griswold was the daughter of the seaman Simeon Griswold and his wife, Joanna Riley. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 89.