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Alphabet, numerals, monograms, signature, verse, "By this you see what care my parents takes of me When land is gone and money spent then learning is most excellent" then bands of pattern.

Credit: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer...

1719
Medium: silk on linen Technique: cross, double running, upright Gobelin and eyelet stitches on a plain weave foundation
1981-28-68
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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