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1969

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2025

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Sample Book (France), 1886

This is a Sample book. It is dated 1886 and we acquired it in 1969. Its medium is paper, cotton, wool, silk and its technique is machine embroidered. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Lincoln Johnson. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 53.5 × 36 × 10.5 cm (21 1/16 × 14 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

On inner leaf: H3, Broderies, Ete 1886, 597 samples

Cite this object as

Sample Book (France), 1886; paper, cotton, wool, silk; H x W x D: 53.5 × 36 × 10.5 cm (21 1/16 × 14 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Lincoln Johnson; 1969-106-2

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