Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1796
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Polley Thomas, American, b. 1784
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bands of alphabets worked in several colors on a coarse brown ground, with the inscription: Polley Thomas was born April 01 1784 and worked this sampler in the 12 year of my age 1796
place: label: made in
content: Massachusetts, USA
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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 Myra M. and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2002-26-4
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content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch with withdrawn and deflected element work on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 48.3 x 48.3 cm (19 x 19 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 43.2 x 43.2 cm (17 x 17 in.)