Sampler fragments
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1650
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three bands from a sampler. The bottom band is a scene which originally depicted Judith and her maid putting the newly severed head of Holofernes, Judith holds a sword in her left hand, the edge worked with red silk to indicate blood.
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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-29
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler fragments
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: withdrawn element work with needle lace fillings
label: Dimensions
content: 20.5 x 18.5 cm (8 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)