Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1794
name: label: Maker
content: Ann Wood, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the upper third, a female figure with large flower spray and the inscription Ann Wood 1794, flanked by cupids and trees. In the middle, a flowering vine cross border and a verse. In the lower third, scattered motifs of a ships, dogs, bargello work, and flowers.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: From my Beginning may th (sic) Almighty Powers Blessings
label: Description
content: bestow with never ceasing show o may I be happy
label: Description
content: be and always blest of every joy of every wish possessed
label: Description
content: May pleny (sic) dissipate all worldly cares And smiling peace
label: Description
content: bless my revolving years
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content: This work in hand my friends may keep when my frail
label: Description
content: body is called to sleep to sleep while then we together
label: Description
content: do meet again and wake forever
place: label: made in
content: New Hampshire, 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 and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2003-14-7
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, flame, and eye stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W: 48.3 x 36.8 cm (19 x 14 1/2 in.)