B Holländer's Sampler
B Holländer's Sampler
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- Description
- This sampler features one Hebrew alphabet of 21 consonants. (Vowels were not included in the Hebrew alphabet.) The inscription on the bottom includes a first initial, the last name, and date: “B Holländer 1845.” The sampler was stitched with silk embroidery thread on a cotton ground with a thread count of warp 35, weft 35/in. It is very similar to the sampler stitched by B Lazarus 1843. These may have been done at the same school. There are very few known Jewish samplers and these are a welcome addition to the collection.
- B Holländer has not yet been identified.
- Object Name
- sampler
- date made
- 1845
- maker
- Hollander, B.
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall ground)
- silk (overall thread)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 9 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 24.13 cm
- ID Number
- 2011.0040.01
- catalog number
- 2011.0040.01
- accession number
- 2011.0040
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Samplers
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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