Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1796
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Sally Sacket, American, American, b.1786
notes: label: Description
content: In the upper half, a record of the births of members of the Sacket family: Stephen Sacket born May 23 1752. Eunice Lovering born Dec. 23 1748. Married Nov. 25 1776. Steph'n Sacket Jr. born Aug 7 1777. Eunice Sacket born April 25 1779. Hannah Sacket born Aug 7 1781. Sally Sacket born April 21 1786. Daniel Sact. born Sept 23 1790.
label: Description
content: Followed by a verse:
label: Description
content: In prosperity friends are plenty
label: Description
content: In adversity not one in twenty
label: Description
content: With scattered floral motifs and the initials SS in the lower half, and a floral border on three sides. The black background is embroidered on natural colored cloth.
place: label: made in
content: Western 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: 1941-69-46
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin and stem stitches on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered in cross, satin and stem stitches on linen plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43 x 27 cm (16 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)