Sampler
date: label: Date
content: May 28, 1800
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Louisa Figgiss Perren, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Embroidered entirely in black on a white ground. Bands of alphabets and verses, and an inscription, are separated by floral cross borders. Isolated motifs of trees, urns of flowers, and birds are symmetrically arranged on either side. The composition is framed on four sides with a stylized strawberry vine border.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 2008-31-8
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 29.5 x 29.8 cm (11 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 27 x 27.9 cm (10 5/8 in. x 11 in.)