Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1831
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Martha Davis
notes: label: Description
content: Sampler has alphabets and numerals along the top edge. Zigzag border with yellow flowers is across the bottom edge. Central inscription with flanking parrots and plants reads:
label: Description
content: Our Father God first gave us life
label: Description
content: And still supports our feeble frame
label: Description
content: Our youthful voice shall gladly strive
label: Description
content: To speak the glories of his name.
label: Description
content: He bids us read his holy word
label: Description
content: And pray to have our sins forgiven
label: Description
content: Then he will guide us in the road
label: Description
content: That leads to happiness and Heaven
label: Description
content: Martha Davis's work 1831
place: label: made in
content: Massachusetts, 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: Bequest of Marsha Carson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2022-40-10
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, wool Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (object): 20.3 × 34 cm (8 in. × 13 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 26.9 × 40.7 × 2.5 cm (10 9/16 in. × 16 in. × 1 in.)