Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1766
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Greene, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A wide floral border with a dark blue ground divides the sampler in two. Above, alphabets, numerals and an inscription:
label: Description
content: Mary Green Her Sampler Made in the Eleventh Year of Her Age 1766
label: Description
content: Below, a verse:
label: Description
content: Beauty and Pride We Often Find
label: Description
content: Betrays the weakness of the Mind
label: Description
content: He hansom [sic] is and merist prais [sic]
label: Description
content: That Handsom dos the proverb Says
label: Description
content: The loss of a father is great
label: Description
content: But the loss of a Mother is more
label: Description
content: But the loss of Christ is such a loss
label: Description
content: As no man can restore.
label: Description
content: Surrounded on four sides by a stylized strawberry vine border.
place: label: made in
content: Newport, Providence Plantations, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-73
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 cross, satin, stem and back stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34.5 x 24 cm (13 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)