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Sarah Ogden
Sampler1792

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Embroidered needlework sampler on tan linen, featuring the Lord's Prayer in dark thread above a stitched rural scene with brick-red buildings, trees, and a white deer, dated 1792

Sarah Ogden, Sampler, 1792, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Maker
Sarah Ogden
England, active late 18th century
Title
Sampler
Place Made
England
Date Made
1792
Medium
Linen plain weave with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Frame with hardware: 15 13/16 × 15 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (40.16 × 38.74 × 3.49 cm) Textile: 12 3/4 × 12 1/8 in. (32.39 × 30.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds
Accession Number
AC1992.182.2
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Edmonds, Mary Jane. Samplers & Samplermakers: An American Schoolgirl Art 1700-1850. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1991.

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