Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1826
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elmira Cressey, American, b. 1812
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The field contains three alphabets, two ampersands, two sets of numerals and an inscription:
label: Description
content: Let virtue be a guide to thee Elmira Cressey aged 14 Born May 23 1812
label: Description
content: With a wide border of floral sprigs on three sides, and at the bottom a scene with a house, a figure and a basket of fruit.
place: label: made in
content: USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1976-100-19
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, chain, satin, eye, stem and speckling stitches on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.6 x 38.7 cm (16 x 15 1/4 in.)