Nicolina Volpini
Alphabets, Birds, Buildings, and Other Motifs
1836-1866
Physical Qualities
Probably linen ground, silk and cotton embroidery threads, 15 3/16 x 17 1/16 in. (38.6 x 43.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.329
SAMPLER
Band Sampler with Alphabets, Birds, Buildings, and other Motifs
Italy
Mid-19th century
Maker: Nicolina Volpini
Probably linen ground, silk and cotton embroidery threads
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
BMA 1973.76.329
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Rotation in Battye European Decorative Arts Gallery, January 9, 2012.- before May 16, 2012.
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. 26; traveling exhibition circulated Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown, Md.
[Note: catalogued incorrectly as American at the time.]
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. 26; traveling exhibition circulated Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown, Md.
[Note: catalogued incorrectly as American at the time.]
Inscribed: Signed in embroidered stitches in red and blue cross stitch at center of sampler: Crown motif and the initial "M"; in upper and lower case letters: "Nicolina Volpini"; then " IHS"
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