Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1827
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Susan S. Bagnell, (American, 1819–1888)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within an octagonal framework are bands of alphabets and numerals, a verse and inscription, floral cross borders and a landscape showing three buildings with trees and sheep. With roses in the spandrels.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: The loss of a father is great. The loss of a mother is more. The loss of Christ is such a loss that no man can restore.
label: Description
content: Inscribed: Wrought by Susan S Bagnell aged 8 Plymouth AD 1827
place: label: made in
content: Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1941-69-75
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, stem and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 45 x 48.5cm (17 11/16 x 19 1/8in.)