Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1786
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Susanna Hope Spilsby, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square of darning, a verse from Deuteronomy 32:29, and isolated domestic motifs. Signed "July the 16th 1786, B44th 81473 a teacher in Halton Susanna Hope Spilsby wrought this sample aged 11 years." Pencil drawing of a head at top center.
place: label: place depicted
content: England
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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-72
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, running, satin, and chain stitches on a plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40 x 34.3 cm (15 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.)