Sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three sets of alphabets, one set of numerals, and verse, with a floral border on three sides and a landscape at the bottom. The work is embroidered on brown linen; the border and landscape have embroidered grounds. The verse reads:
label: Description
content: The heart that melts at others woes
label: Description
content: Will find each selfish sorrow less
label: Description
content: The tear which for our neighbors flows
label: Description
content: Yields us a source of happiness
place: label: made in
content: eastern Massachusetts, USA
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1941-69-148
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 satin, stem, cross, eyelet, and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39.5 x 34 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)