Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Ann Smith, American
label: Student at
content: Scofton School
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Several rows of alphabets and numerals, followed by a row of trees, and a verse:
label: Description
content: Vanity
label: Description
content: Seek to be good, but aim not to be great
label: Description
content: A woman's noblest station is retreat
label: Description
content: Her fairest virtues fly from publick sight
label: Description
content: Domestick worth still shuns too strong a light
label: Description
content: Woman (?) is amiable, mild, serene
label: Description
content: (?) all beauty and peace within
label: Description
content: At the bottom, baskets of fruit and flowers, and two medallions, one inscribed Mary Ann Smith and the other Scofton School
place: label: made in
content: USA
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: Gift of Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1918-39-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with wool
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43 x 49 cm (16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in.)