Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1823
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Hanskins Marlborough
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Unfinished sampler. Sampler has an elaborate floral border of two vines bearing several varieties of exotic flowers (and johnny-jump-ups). The foliage grows from an urn and culminates at the top as a rose. The center is empty, and it is signed "Elizabeth Hanskins Marlborough, December 16 - 1823" at the bottom.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-54
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on wool Technique: plain weave foundation; chain, satin, and cross stitching; counted and uncounted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 45.1 x 32.1 cm (17 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)