Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1837
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Matilda Roper
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidered sampler with black and red stitching on light brown linen. Four alphabets with numerals fill the top section. Inscription below:
label: Description
content: Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand
label: Description
content: As the first efforts of an infants hand
label: Description
content: And while her fingers oer the canvas move
label: Description
content: Engage her tender heart to seek thy love
label: Description
content: May she with thy dear children bear a part
label: Description
content: And write thy name thyself upon her heart
label: Description
content: Matilda Roper August 16 1837 in the 8th year of her age
label: Description
content: Died October 19th 1837
place: label: made in
content: probably England
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 Marsha Carson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2022-40-14
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, cotton, wool Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (object): 30.2 × 32.7 cm (11 7/8 × 12 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (framed): 33.2 × 35.7 × 2.2 cm (13 1/16 × 14 1/16 × 7/8 in.)