Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1818
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Sophia Stevens Smith, American, 1804 - 1881
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A floral garland tied with bows swags over three alphabets, a set of numerals, an inscription and a verse:
label: Description
content: Alas the brittle clay
label: Description
content: That built our body first
label: Description
content: And every month and Every day
label: Description
content: Tis mouldering back to dust
label: Description
content: At the bottom, is a village scene with a church and a large house on opposite banks of a stream, with a bridge connecting them, and a carriage on the bridge. The scene represents the North Branford, Connecticut church, since destroyed by fire.
place: label: made in
content: Wethersfield, Connecticut, 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 Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-42-17
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery and paint on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, surface satin, chain and knot stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.8 x 59.7 cm (17 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)