Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1798
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Hannah Cutter, American
notes: label: Description
content: The center field has an alphabet and verse, motifs symmetrically arranged around a flowering tree, including flowers, trees with birds, and butterflies, and a three-story brick building with a man and woman on each side. A deep zigzag floral border surrounds the field on three sides, with an inscription at the bottom:
label: Description
content: Hannah Cutter's work wrought in the ninth year of her age
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Bright angels strike you loudest string
label: Description
content: Your sweetest voices raise
label: Description
content: Let heaven and all created things
label: Description
content: Sound our Emmanuel praise
place: label: made in
content: Concord, Massachusetts, 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: 1941-69-2
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, satin, stem, eyelet, and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 55 x 43 cm (21 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)