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Costume and Textiles

Sampler

Made in Ackworth, Yorkshire, England

1818

Made by Ann Grimshaw, English

Wool plain weave with silk embroidery in cross stitch
16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)

Currently not on view

1990-83-6

Bequest of Isabel Zucker, 1990

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Additional information:

  • PublicationThe Fine Art of Textiles

    Ann Grimshaw was from Rawdon, Yorkshire, and attended the Friends' boarding school in Ackworth, Yorkshire from 1816 to 1818. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 80.

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