Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1814
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Ann Quigly, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An verse embroidered in black and enclosed in a black octagonal frame, surrounded by a deep border of flowering vines tied with a ribbon, embroidered in pale greens and browns.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Acrostic
label: Description
content: Amidst my learning and my care
label: Description
content: Nothing can equal God most dear
label: Description
content: Nor ought with him my heart to share
label: Description
content: Quick as my fingers move this thread
label: Description
content: Under just rules do act with speed
label: Description
content: In wisdom paths still may I tread
label: Description
content: Giving to virtue constant heed
label: Description
content: Love to be good and therefore wise
label: Description
content: Youth finds in these the greatest prize
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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-51
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 and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.8 x 44.5 cm (17 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)