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Title	Sampler
Date	ca. 1882 19th century
Medium	Medium: mercerized cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, feather, cross, eyelet, and detached chain stitches, with withdrawn element work and deflected element work with looping and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation
Classification	embroidery & stitching
Origin	Turkey Turkey
Holding institution	Smithsonian Open Access
Credit line	Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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