Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1729
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Dinah Bird, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Band of crowns, alphabet, verse "Without Learning None's Compleat/ Tho' they be handsome, wise or Great/ get Learning then, altho' you be, Of mean Estate or low Degree. For that will give you good Esteem, Altho' but plain and poor you seem, if in useful arts your Time be spent, then leave the world with full content." Then signature, lowerfield with scattered motifs.
place: label: made in
content: England
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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-67
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, rococo, running and double running stitches on plain weave foundation; sewn to linen tape and mounted on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22.2 x 15.9 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)