Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1830
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Lucy D. Stickney, American, 1818 - 1902
notes: label: Description
content: Nearly square sampler embroidered in soft shades of browns, blues, greens, and yellow on a natural linen ground. The field contains three alphabets, a set of numerals, a verse and inscription. At the bottom, a view delicately rendered in embroidery and watercolor of the Charlestown Neck House. On three sides, a deep border of rose garlands caught up with bows of blue ribbon at the upper corners.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: A Morning in Spring
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content: Lo! the bright the rosy morning
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content: Calls me forth to take the air
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content: Cheerful spring with smiles returning
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content: Ushers in the new-born year
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content: Praise to thee thou great creator
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content: Praise be thine from ev'ry tongue
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content: Join my soul with evry creature
label: Description
content: Join the univeral song
label: Description
content: Wrought by Lucy D Stickney Charlestown November 16 1830 Aged 12
place: label: made in
content: Charlestown, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-160
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation, watercolor paint Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem stitches and French knots on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk in cross, satin, and stem stitches and French knots, with watercolor paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 69.2 x 65.1 cm (27 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)