Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1810–19
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Mankin
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a curving, floral border, a top band of buildings and two people skipping rope; a center band of Adam and Eve and with the Tree of Knowledge, birds and plants; and a verse:
label: Description
content: "May virtue guide my inexperienced youth and lead my footsteps to the path of truth" and inscription:
label: Description
content: Mary Mankin Aged 14 181_ taught by Mahymer (?)
label: Description
content: The last letter of the date was removed, and 2 was written in ink.
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 Rosalie Coe, from the collection inherited from her mother, Eva Johnston Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-42-19
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: counted and uncounted stitches; cross, herringbone, stem, satin, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31.1 x 29.2 cm (12 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)