Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1783
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two alphabets (no letter J) and two sets of numbers in a formal arrangement at the top half. The bottom is devoted to individual motifs including Adam and Eve with the tree, a spinning monkey, buildings, the spies of Eskol, birds and flowers. At the top center are crowned initials in frames and the date 1783. Two flowers at either side, in stem and satin stitch, may have been added later.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic on linen Technique: cross, stem and satin on plain weave foundation; counted stitches.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 32 x 32 cm (12 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)