Sampler
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Ann Goslin, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal frame enclosing three alphabets, a set of numerals, and a verse:
label: Description
content: Tis education forms the common mind
label: Description
content: Just as the twig bent the trees inclined
label: Description
content: Beauty in her vain her pretty eyes may roll
label: Description
content: Charms strike the sight but merit
place: label: made in
content: USA
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-24
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: embroidered in counted cross, half cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34.3 x 31.8 cm (13 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)