Mexico

Sampler

1825/75

Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered with silk floss in Algerian eye, back, buttonhole, coral, cross, detached chain, feather, hem, herringbone, interlocking lace, knotted back, knotted insertion, long-armed cross, overcast, Roman, running (pattern darning), Russian overcast, satin, square open work, and wave stitches; darned, open buttonholed, overcast, and zig-zag overcast bars; darned and satin squares; darned and woven wheels; French knots; beaded with glass and metal beads; edged with 2/2 silk, twill weave tape

50.8 × 53.3 cm (20 × 21 in)