Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1813
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Ann Davies
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small reversing floral border enclosing 2 bands of alphabets and numbers at the top. Two verses ("Rising in the Morning" and "Going to bed at night"). Signed Ann Davies aged 7 1813.
label: Description
content: "Thrice Welcome to my op'ning eyes/ The morning beam which bids me rise/ To all the joys of youth? For thy protection whilst I slept/ O Lord my humble thanks accept/ And bless my lips with truth.//Like cheerful birds as I begin/ This day O keep my soul from sin/ And all things shall be well/ Thou gav'st me health and clothes and food/ Preserve me innocent and good/ till ev'ning curfew bell. Recieve my body pretty bed/ Soft pillow O receive my head/ And thanks my parents Kind/ Those comfor who for me provide/ Your percepts still shall be my guide/ Your love I'll keep in mind.// My hours mispent this day I rue/ My good things done how very few/ Forgive my faults O Lord/ This night if in thy grace I rest/ Tomorrow I may rise refresh'd/ To keep thy holy word.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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: 1976-100-50
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk on linen Technique: embroidered in cross and cretan stitches on plain weave foundation; counted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 57 x 51 cm (22 7/16 x 20 1/16 in.)