Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1796
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Mercer, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A cornucopia is spilling an assortment of flowers; it is surrounded by butterflies and birds. An estucheon below the cornucopia is inscribed Jamesscoll (?) for W.L. Kenney, Nov. 1, 1796, and an inscription appears in the lower left corner: Worked by Elizabeth Mercer, Nov. 1- 25 1796. With a traliling floral vine border on all sides. The fabric has been pieced: the field and borders are not of the same foundation fabric.
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-81-2
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 chain, feather, couching, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 76.2 x 76.2 cm (30 x 30 in.)