Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1755
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Hannah Holland, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the center are several bands of neatly worked alphabets, a verse, crowns, the initials HH and the inscription Hannah Holland My Work in the Year 1755.
label: Description
content: At the top and bottom are very crudely embroidered elements: birds, flowering trees, and a leopard. It seems probable that the top and bottom were not worked by Hannah Holland, the embroiderer of the alphabets.
place: label: made in
content: USA
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1941-69-25
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, eyelet, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 x 25 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.)