Two small, incomplete beadwork samplers joined with needlework. Each has rectangles with floral borders executed in colored beadwork.
Credit: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
19th century
Medium: cotton, glass beads Technique: embroidered with beads on plain weave foundation
1981-28-405
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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