Cross-stitch
Sampler
Early/mid–19th century · Italy
- Date
- Early/mid–19th century
- Maker
- Unknown maker
- Place
- Italy
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitches
- Craft (Needle Nook label)
- Cross-stitch
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer II through the Antiquarian Society
Public domain. Art Institute of Chicago marks this object and image as public domain (is_public_domain: true). See the museum's open-access terms. This does not imply that the museum endorses Needle Nook.
Credit Sampler, Early/mid–19th century. Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer II through the Antiquarian Society. Public domain. View the object on the museum site
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