Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1785
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Peggy Dodge, American, b. 1774
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The center field contains bands of alphabets and numerals embroidered in black with the inscription Peggy Dodges Sampler. A wide border contains flowering plants, baskets of flowers, butterflies, female figures, and a house in a landscape, embroidered in many colors and with the ground fabric completely covered.
place: label: made in
content: Ipswich, Massachusetts, 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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-153-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, chain, feather, Rumanian, buttonhole, surface satin, half cross, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39.4 x 31.8 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)