Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1820
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Capps
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Solomon's Temple; shield with lion and unicorn; Tower of Babel verses and Biblical quotations; scattered ornaments throughout; inscription "Elizabeth Capps wrought this sampler in the 8th year of her age, Frieston, 1820." Surrounded by floral border.
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-81
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross and counted satin stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 52.1 x 40 cm (20 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.)