<img width="640" height="782" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-700x855.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-700x855.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-246x300.jpg 246w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-170x208.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b.jpg 838w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="27536" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/12/14/concord-sampler/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b.jpg" data-orig-size="838,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-246x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4421_d8cc9d7c501e2aed_b-700x855.jpg" />Hannah Cutter’s sampler is part of a large group of related examples worked from about 1790 until at least 1805 in Boston or nearby towns in Middlesex County. Typical characteristics of these samplers are deeply arcaded borders surrounding a central panel comprising an alphabet, verse, and pictorial elements framed by a saw-tooth border. The pictorial...
