Map sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1796
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Eliza Thompson, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two hemispheres containing maps of the world with a medallion at top reading "A new map of the world with the late discoveries in the southern seas worked by Eliza Thompson 1796." At bottom is a compass. Continents are outlined with chenille thread.
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
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: 1981-28-121
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Map sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, running, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W x D: 47.9 × 53 × 3.8 cm (18 7/8 × 20 7/8 × 1 1/2 in.)