Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1722
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Cartwright
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bands of curving vines and one band with figures (boxers) at bottom, with a verse:
label: Description
content: "Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I deserve besides thee." "Christ is to me a life One Earth and One Death to me a gain for wh(?) throu Him alone Salvation to us be tain" "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding have all they that keep his commandments and tell the truth in all ways." "Elizabeth Cartwright is my name is England is my nation, London is my dwelling place and Christ is my salvation. When I am dead remember me when I am quite forgotton." "Elizabeth Cartwright ended this sampler in the 01 year of her age 1722"
place: label: made in
content: London, England
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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 Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-42-21
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 Technique: satin, cross, eye, four-sided canvas, running and back stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 49.5 x 23.5 cm (19 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)