Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1809
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Lish, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Sampler embroidered in blues, greens and yellows on a loosely woven natural linen ground. In the center, a large urn of flowers rests on a grassy mound, with a female figure standing on either side. Spot motifs of birds, baskets of fruit, and flowering trees fill the field. The inscription is framed in a vine at the top, followed by a verse:
label: Description
content: Could I by bearing Mary's name like her be wise in heart
label: Description
content: All worldly cares would disclaim and choose her better part
place: label: made in
content: USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2003-14-24
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 45.7 x 71.1 cm (18 x 28 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (unframed): 43.2 x 55.9 cm (17 x 22 in.)