Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1808
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Richards, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four sets of alphabets and one set of numerals in the upper third; a verse and inscription in the middle third; and a landscape with large brick houses, trees, and sheep in the lower third. With a deep floral vine border. Embroidered in colored silks on a natural linen ground.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord,
label: Description
content: How good thy works appear!
label: Description
content: Open mine eyes to read thy word.
label: Description
content: And see thy wonders there.
label: Description
content: My heart was fashioned by thine hand.
label: Description
content: My service is thy due:
label: Description
content: O grant that I may understand
label: Description
content: The duties I must do.
place: label: made in
content: Portland, Maine, USA
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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: 1941-69-13
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, rococo, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 53.3 x 48.3 cm (21 x 19 in.)