Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Isolated flowering plants and insects embroidered in multicolored silk and a variety of metallic yarns filling a rectangle of ivory silk. In the center is a naturalistic rose surrounded by concentric circles of other flowers including tulip, pansy, carnation, grape vine, oak branch, etc. Among the plants and flowers is a butterfly, beetle, centipede, dragonfly, winged aegis with twined serpents, and an eagle clutching arrows.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-29-2
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 60.3 × 67.3 cm (23 3/4 × 26 1/2 in.)