Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1773
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Batchelder, (American, born 1757)
notes: label: Description
content: Sampler with a stylized floral border on three sides. In the upper third are three sets of alphabets and a set of numerals, separated by geometric and floral borders. In the center, three stylized flowers and an inscription:
label: Description
content: Mary Batchelder Was Born June The 13th 1757 Wrought this Sampler 1773
label: Description
content: While God does Spare for Death Prepare
label: Description
content: A large two-handled vase of flowers is centered in the lower third, with a bird and an insect on each side and flowers scattered in the foreground.
place: label: made in
content: The province of Massachusetts Bay, USA
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: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-166
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 satin, cross, half-cross, eyelet, rococo, chain, and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41 x 27.5 cm (16 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)