Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1740
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Anne Hart, English, b.1725
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangular sampler in green and red on a cream ground. In the upper register, small floral borders and three alphabets. In the middle is a wide, symmetrical floral border with stylized carnations. Below, the Ten Commandments in rhyming couplets. A linked octagon band at the bottom bears the inscription Anne Hart 1740, surmounted by three hearts. The two outer octagons contain dogs or lions facing a pine tree, which characterize Norfolk samplers.
place: label: made in
content: Norwich, 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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-177
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 Technique: cross, satin and eyelet stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31 x 22 cm (12 3/16 x 8 11/16 in.)