Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1795
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Lydia Sheward, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A basket of large flowers fills the entire field. Some flowers are embroidered in polychrome silks, while others feature cutwork with needle lace fillings. With the inscription Lydia Sheward 1795.
place: label: made in
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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: 1981-28-158
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, linen edge tape, cotton needle lace Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem, chain, French knot and running stitches on plain weave foundation with deflected element work and cutwork with needle-made fillings with loop and twist and wrapping; appliqué of woven silk ribbon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 x 38.7 cm (13 x 15 1/4 in.)