Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1798
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Corker
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two alphabets, two verses and the inscription Mary Corker, Newbury 1798, bouquets of flowers, trees and birds.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Uncertain life how soon it flies
label: Description
content: Dream of an hour how short our bloom
label: Description
content: Like spring's gay verdure now we rise
label: Description
content: Cut down e'er night to fill the tomb
label: Description
content: Teach me o thou that Teacher art
label: Description
content: Of ev'ry duty here below
label: Description
content: The number of my days impart
label: Description
content: Be thou my guide where'er I go Also includes .
place: label: made in
content: Newbury
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1976-100-5-a
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: counted cross, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39.1 x 54.6 cm (15 3/8 x 21 1/2 in.)