Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1828
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Betsy Goddard, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A verse and inscription in the center are surrounded by a symmetrical arrangement of trees, flowering trees, fruit baskets, and birdbaths. With a strawberry vine border.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Tis religion that can give
label: Description
content: Sweetest pleasure while we live
label: Description
content: Tis Religion can supply
label: Description
content: Solid comfort when we die
label: Description
content: After death its joys shall be
label: Description
content: Lasting as Eternity
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-5-b
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 counted cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33.7 x 41.9 cm (13 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.)