Family register sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1798
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Alicia Lawrence, (American, 1787–1866)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A record of the family of William Lawrence and Alice Ripley. The entire ground is covered in black cross-stitch, with the family dates worked in colored silks, followed by a verse and inscription, and at the bottom two cornucopias of flowers.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Improve Every Moment of youth while you
label: Description
content: May For Life is too short to Be trifled away
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 Myra M. and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2008-31-14-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Family register sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 47.6 x 48.9 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 41.9 x 41.9 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)