Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Unfinished mourning sampler with a tree and a woman at a tomb with a large urn of flowering vines on top of it. The woman's apron is caught in the branches of this vine. There is no inscription on the tomb, and the woman's head is drawn on the cloth but not embroidered.
label: Description
content: At the bottom, a text:
label: Description
content: When age shall steal on me and youth is no more
label: Description
content: And the moralist time shakes his glass at my door
label: Description
content: When charm in lost beauty or wealth shall I find
label: Description
content: My treasure my wealth is a sweet peace of mind
place: label: made in
content: possibly Pennsylvania, 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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-155
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and herringbone stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41.9 x 39.4 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)