Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1787
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Sally Follansbe, American, 1773 - 1813
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Embroidered sampler with bands of alphabets and numerals, floral and geometric borders, and an inscription.
label: Description
content: At the bottom are two trees, one surrounded by birds, the other with birds flying away from it; the trees are identified as 'The Good Tree' and 'The Evil Tree'.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Let Virtue be a Guide to Me
label: Description
content: When this you see Remember Me
place: label: made in
content: Newbury or Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1941-69-74
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, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 51 x 44.5cm (20 1/16 x 17 1/2in.)