Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1834
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Jane Alden, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three alphabets separated by floral vine borders, with a floral garland below. With a floral border on four sides. At the bottom, a verse and inscription.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Let every virtue reign within thy breast
label: Description
content: That heaven approves or makes its owner blest
place: label: made in
content: USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1981-28-149
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 cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 43.2 x 41.3 cm (17 x 16 1/4 in.)