Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1815
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Warren, English, b. ca. 1808
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Nearly square sampler embroidered in soft colors of green, tan and pink on a cream ground. Variation of the lozenge sampler, with each corner of the diamond cut off to make an octagon, and the typical stepped outline made into a floral border. Within the lozenge are four alphabets and, containted withing a box, a verse:
label: Description
content: How should the morning of my days
label: Description
content: be spent in humble pray'r and praise
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content: to him who gave me life and breath
label: Description
content: and still preserves my soul from death
label: Description
content: To him I'll dedicate my days
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content: Then shall I prosper in my ways
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content: And whilst my calling I pursue
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content: His praise shall terminate my view
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content: Surrounded by four squares of pattern darning, two checkerboard diamonds, and a white rose above the signature Eliz'th Warren Aged 7 Years 1815. With deer and dogs filling the space, and a cherub in each corner.
label: Description
content: The verse is from Songs in the Night by Susannah Harrison, first published in 1780. The verse here is from the second edition of 1807.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-91
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation, linen tape Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, eyelet, satin, and running stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.5 x 31.8 cm (14 x 12 1/2 in.)