Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1825
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Ann E. Kelly, American, b. 1814
label: Student at
content: Mrs. Leah Merguier's School, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square sampler with a center field depicting a woman holding a long garland of flowers, flanked by a pedestal on the left and a pitcher on the right. The scene is surrounded by a border of leaf shapes, and a deep framing device of 19 squares, each containing a motif, some of which are repeated. The motifs including floral sprays, birds, fruit, sheep, and sheaves of wheat, are arranged symmetrically on the top and sides. At the bottom, the verse and inscription:
label: Description
content: Ann E. Kelly was
label: Description
content: born in Halifax April 20 in
label: Description
content: the year of our Lord 1814
label: Description
content: and made this sampler in
label: Description
content: Mrs. Leah Meguier's school in
label: Description
content: Harrisburg, January 21 1825
label: Description
content: Oh May the Lord Instill Good
label: Description
content: Principles in me and make
label: Description
content: me a good and faithful servant
place: label: made in
content: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 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: 1941-69-119
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, cotton foundation, painted paper Technique: embroidered in chain, buttonhole, satin, and cross stitches on plain weave foundation Label: embroidered in silk in buttonhole, satin and cross stitches on a cotton foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48.9 x 48.9 cm (19 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)