Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican Sampler Structured Oversized Tote Bag

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mexican Sampler Structured Oversized Canvas Tote Bag
This Met oversized canvas tote bag borrows the charming secular and religious images from a Mexican sampler in The Met collection.  One side of this handsome canvas tote has the script "Metropolitan Museum of Art."

Specifications

  • 100% Cotton Canvas
  • Tote measures 17" wide x 14" high
  • Open Top

About the Sampler Design
Popular between the 17th and early 20th centuries, embroidered cloths known as samplers would showcase the needlework proficiency of the young women who typically crafted them, often exhibiting various decorative patterns, symbols, alphabets, and verses. The original is embellished with radiant floral motifs and bursting bouquets; dogs, birds, and butterflies; and a trio of sacred hearts—indicating the artisan's Catholic heritage—beneath an inscription to their beloved parents, dated December 20, 1861.

    
              
    

    
        
    
  
    

    


    

    

    


    


    
    
    
  
    



    


  
    
    
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