Juana Dominguez
Under the instruction of Doña Antonia Fernandez
Spain, 1743
Large and Important sampler made by 12-year-old Juana Dominguez in 1743 while a student of Doña Antonia Fernandez.
This sampler, along with 11 others, is discussed in a recent essay, Samplers from Spain: An Introduction by Dr. Lynne Anderson, Founder and Director of the Sampler Consortium and Director of the Sampler Archive Project, which can be read here.
The inscription reads:
Lo hizo Juana Dominquez siendo discipula de mi señora Doña Antonia Fernandez en la hedad de doze años en el mes de Nobienbre 1743.
Translation:
Made by Juana Dominguez while a disciple of my lady Doña Antonia Fernandez at the age of twelve years in the month of November 1743.
The sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a molded and black painted frame with a gilt liner.