Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1759
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Alice Pearlee, American, b. 1745
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bands of alphabets are followed by floral vine borders and the inscription:
label: Description
content: Alice Pearlee Born September (?) 1745 This sampler I wrought the year 1759
label: Description
content: Goodness and mercy ever follow those who share there ...(?) by God's holy laws
label: Description
content: The lower section shows a basket of flowers flanked by trees, deer and other animals.
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-100-17
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 on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 55.9 x 38.4 cm (22 x 15 1/8 in.)