Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1814
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Rebecca Buse
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the top half, a verse is surrounded by a flowering vine, with a crown at the top with the initials of King George III. In the lower half, a shepherd piping in the lower left corner and a cottage in the lower right, with a large basket of flowers in the center and the inscription below.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Come Children tis Jesus that calls
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content: The voice of your Saviour obey
label: Description
content: When Jesus invites you to come
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content: No Disciple shall turn you away
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content: The Children he folds in his arms
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content: Must surely be blessed indeed
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content: For Jesus alone can bestow
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content: The spiritual blessings they need
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content: Let Parents with thankfulness own
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content: The encouragement Jesus has given
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content: Delighted to hear him declare
label: Description
content: Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven
place: label: made in
content: 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: Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2003-14-12
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery, wool warp, linen weft Technique: embroidered in satin and stem stitches on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: Frame H x W: 41.9 x 30.5 cm (16 1/2 x 12 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 40.3 x 27.9 cm (15 7/8 x 11 in.) unframed