Sampler
date: label: Date
content: March 29, 1803
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Lydia Smith, American
notes: label: Description
content: A landscape with three houses in a row, among trees and flowering plants along a river or pond with boats, ducks and fish. People walk among the houses and trees, and those on the far right are picking cherries. In the background (at upper right), a house among trees next to a garden with corn or grain with human figures and animals including a cow. The inscription reads:
label: Description
content: Lydia Smiths Work in the 11 (?) year of her age March 29 1803
place: label: made in
content: USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-28-20
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 x 74 cm (18 1/8 x 29 1/8in.)