Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1797
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Frances Rae, English
label: Student at
content: Ackworth School, founded 1778
notes: label: Description
content: Detached motifs, including a swan, flowers, and birds, mostly framed or in wreaths. Letters, numerals, and initials are scattered over the sampler. In the center, the signature "Frances Rae", "Ackworth School 1797".
place: label: made in
content: Yorkshire, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-37
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: cross, eyelet and stem stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.5 x 32 cm (17 1/8 x 12 5/8 in.)