Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1795
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Olive Bosworth, American
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The field is divided in two by a band of pink with flowers. Above, bands of alphabets, and below a verse and inscription:
label: Description
content: Olive Bosworth is my name
label: Description
content: And with my needle I work the same
label: Description
content: A time to learn and my parents give
label: Description
content: I will neer forget it while I live
label: Description
content: Olive Bosworths sample aged ten years worked May 1795
label: Description
content: With a floral vine border. All of the ground colors (black, pink, and pale green) are embroidered.
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-86-4
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, stem and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.6 x 22.9 cm (14 x 9 in.)