Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1796
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Sarah Afflick, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three vases are aligned across the bottom, each with very tall, spindly bunches of exotic flowers which rise up and fill the entire ground. With an inscription at the very top:
label: Description
content: Sarah Afflick her Work made in the 7 year of her age
label: Description
content: and bottom:
label: Description
content: And in the year of our Lord 1796
place: label: made in
content: Philadelphia, 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 Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-28-8
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: 17.8 x 12.5 cm (7 x 4 15/16 in.)