Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular sampler with narrow bands of verse, pattern bands of zigzags, flowers, Chinese frets, alphabets, and numerals. Embroidered in shades of green, red, yellow, and blue on a tan linen ground.
label: Description
content: Verse at top:
label: Description
content: How pleasant is thy dwelling place o Lord of Hosts to me
label: Description
content: The tabernacles of Thy Grace how pleasant Lord they be
label: Description
content: My soul doth long full sore to go into Thy courts,
label: Description
content: My heart and flesh cry out for Thee, the living God
label: Description
content: Verse at bottom:
label: Description
content: My shepherd is the living Lord, and nothing therefore I need
label: Description
content: In pastures fair near pleasant streams he setteth me to feed
label: Description
content: It is no wonder that men to turn to clay, when rocks and stones and monument decay
place: label: made in
content: 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: 2022-40-21
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered using satin, double running, cross, and Algerian eye stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.6 × 20.6 cm (16 in. × 8 1/8 in.)