Image: 1791 sampler

Description: Made by Polly Bedford American, born 1779 United States, Massachusetts, Salem Sampler, 1791 Wool, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in back, chain, Cretan, individual back, individual running, Roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches; laid work, couching, and Roumanian couching 42.9 x 43.7 cm (16 7/8 x 17 1/4 in.) Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan, 1950.1130 Legend: "Work'd.by.Polly.Bedford.in.the.Twelft / Year.of her.age.1791"
Title: 1791 sampler
Credit: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/107913 Art Institute of Chicago
Author: Polly Bedford, born 1779
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