Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1812
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Hamilton, American
label: Student at
content: Miss Catharine Welshans School
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A central oval frame contains a scene of a woman facing a tree, the branches of which break out of the frame. The border is made up of squares containing motifs symmetrically arranged: grape vines, oak branches with acorns, birds in flowering trees, baskets of flowers, ducks in ponds, roses. The center square at the bottom contains the inscription:
label: Description
content: Mary Hamilton a Daughter of John and Catherine Hamilton was born in County Antrim February the 1 in the year of our Lord 1794 and made this Sampler in Maytown in Miss Welchens School in the year of our Lord 1812
place: label: made in
content: Maytown, Pennsylvania, 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: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-28-17
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, cross, running, stem, and rococo stitches with figure eight looping on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 44.5 x 41.9 cm (17 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)