Sampler
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Most of a border of geometric pattern lozenges, some containing adages: "Forget me not," "Token of Love," and "Respect," worked in brown, green, and beige. The sampler was added to at a later date, with spot motifs in bright colors, some geometric but also including a lamb, dogs, a butterfly, baskets of flowers and a teakettle.
place: label: made in
content: USA or England
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: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-148
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool and silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39.4 x 53 cm (15 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.)