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Mary Ann Stauffer American
This sampler displays a grand Federal two-story public building or church. Its maker, Mary Ann Stauffer, displays an interest in rendering the architectural details of the building in her stitching of window shutters, a fanlight over the front door and a colonnaded bell tower and spire.
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Title: Embroidered Sampler
Maker:
Mary Ann Stauffer (1811–1891)
Date: 1830
Geography: Made in Lancaster County, East Hempfield, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture: American
Medium: Embroidered silk on linen
Dimensions: 23 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (60.3 x 64.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer, 1984
Accession Number: 1984.331.15
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