Family register sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1832
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Sarah A. Chalker, American, 1819 - 1879
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dark ground with light embroidery. At the top, three alphabets and one set of numerals. In the center, an arched framework with an incomplete record of the names, births and deaths of the children of Jesse Chalker and Sarah Andruswae (?), married January 10, 1818. Verses fill the space on either side:
label: Description
content: Abstain from all appearance of evil
label: Description
content: For the son of man is to come to save that which was lost
label: Description
content: Verily verily I say unto you he that believeth in me shall have everlasting life
label: Description
content: Prove all things hold fast that which is good
label: Description
content: There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God
label: Description
content: For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power
label: Description
content: Seek ye the Lord while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near
label: Description
content: With an inscription in the lower right corner.
place: label: made in
content: Connecticut, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-43
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 wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43 x 56 cm (16 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)