Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1755
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Elizabeth Ann Herpin Andrew, American, 1749 - 1817
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Alphabets, highly stylized floral elements, and an inscription embroidered in colored silks on a white linen ground. Surrounded by a chain link border with four-leaf clovers and spades in the corners.
label: Description
content: The inscription reads:
label: Description
content: Elizabeth Ann Herrin Andrews 6 years 10 days October the 17th Anno Domini 1755
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 Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-44
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 stitch on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40 x 27 cm (15 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)