Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1800
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Esther Ann Frost, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small square sampler embroidered in pale silks on a natural linen ground. The central image is of a church with a steeple on a hill, with a tree, two girls, a dog and a sheep. A deep border of white roses surrounds the scene on three 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: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2008-31-13
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 warp, cotton weft Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation Label: linen warp, cotton weft, embroidered with silk
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 24.1 x 24.8 cm (9 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 21.6 x 22.2 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)