Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1734
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Martha Rayne, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a curving strawberry border, the tablets of Moses, one containing the Lord's Prayer, the other a verse:
label: Description
content: A Hymn
label: Description
content: Why should I love my sport so well
label: Description
content: So constant at my play
label: Description
content: and lose the thoughts of heaven and hell
label: Description
content: and then forget to pray
label: Description
content: What do I read my bible for
label: Description
content: but Lord to learn thy will
label: Description
content: and shall I daily know thee more
label: Description
content: And less obey the still now senseless in my heart and wild.
label: Description
content: With the inscription:
label: Description
content: Martha Rayne ended this in the year of our Lord 1734
place: label: made in
content: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-86-6
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: embroidered in counted cross and half-cross stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.1 x 20.3 cm (9 1/2 x 8 in.)