Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1816
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Merwine Family
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A list of seven names of members of the Merwine family is embroidered in black in the center: Charles Merwine, Martha Merwine, Thomas Merwine, Ann C. Merwine, Emily Merwine, Charles Merwine, and Elizabeth Merwine. To the left and right are trees supporting flowering plants; at the top and bottom are large-scale wavy floral vines. The narrow borders are a geometric fret at top and bottom, and a wave-like scroll at the sides.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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: 1970-28-22
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 on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 26.7 x 22.2 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)