Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1725
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Madeleine Votier, French
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: "LES DIX COMMANDEMENTS DE LA LOI DE DIEU EXODE" arranged as a pair of tablets. The Commandments gp through 1 1/2 tablets; the second tablet is completed by a summary from Mathew and a signature and date at the lower right. Cautionary verse in cartouche with palms at lower left. Scattered motifs of birds, flowers, angels, hearts, crowns, and plants fill in the empty spaces.
place: label: made in
content: France
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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-31
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin and cross stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 56.2 x 47.3 cm (22 1/8 x 18 5/8 in.)