Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1667–78
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Groome
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Scene of a crowned shepherd and shepherdess in a rural landscape with sheep and a dog, an oak tree to the left and an apple tree with a large parrot to the right, the sun at the top and a church at the bottom. Mica is used as the windows of the church; the background is of couched metallic yarns. In the center a reserved circle with the inscription:
label: Description
content: By this you see my parents took great care of me
label: Description
content: Love the Lord and he will be tender Father unto thee
label: Description
content: July the 23 Elizabeth Groome aged twelve year 16678 (sic)
place: label: made in
content: England
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 Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-42-16
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, wool, mica and metallic embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, cross, bouillon, couching, and padded couching stitches on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 x 33 cm (13 x 13 in.)