Map sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1790s
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Map of the world showing the two hemispheres, titled "Western Hemisphere or the New World" and "Eastern Hemisphere or the Old World." A compass at center bottom, spray of flowers center top, and figures labelled "Europe," "Asia," "America" and "Africa" in each of the corners. The maps have been filled in great detail and the routes of the explorers have been marked on them.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1975-86-22
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Map sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery, silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, running, speckling and chain stitches on plain weave foundation Label: silk embroidered with silk and metallic yarns in stem, running, speckling and chain stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 45.1 x 70.5 cm (17 3/4 x 27 3/4 in.)