Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1799
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Hetty Lees, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sampler with two scenes, a verse and inscription, and a stylized acorn border on four sides. The upper scene shows a house, another small building with a fence, a large branching tree and a smaller fruit tree, with birds. A single alphabet and set of numerals at the very top. The lower register shows three green trees side by side, with smaller trees in the spaces between. The two scenes are separated by the following lines:
label: Description
content: Fragrant the rose is but it fades in time
label: Description
content: the violet sweet but quickly past its prime
label: Description
content: while lilies hang their heads and soon decay
label: Description
content: and whither snow in minutes melt away
label: Description
content: such and so with'ring are our early joys
label: Description
content: which time or sickness speedily destroys
label: Description
content: Hetty Lees Her Work Done in the Tenth Year of Her Age July the 17 1799
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1970-28-16
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 rococo, satin and cross stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 50.5 x 42.9 cm (19 7/8 x 16 7/8 in.)