Sampler
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Margaret Collier
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design referencing the life of Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) who hid in an oak tree in 1651 during Oliver Cromwell's leadership of Republican England. Alphabet, numbers, monograms, and flowering vines. Sampler reads: "Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right."
label: Description
content: Also, "Do not your mind to any show/ Nor let your friend your/ Sorrow know/ For when your friend becomes your foo/ Then all the world your mind shall know."
label: Description
content: Signed: "Margaret Collier Aged Eight Years."
label: Description
content: Embroidery for pattern only, except in scenic panel where it covers the entire surface.
place: label: made in
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 Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-28-23
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
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 30.6 × 25.4 cm (12 1/16 in. × 10 in.)