Map sampler
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Map showing all the countries of England and Wales, with portions of Scotland, Ireland and France. Embroidered inscription at top: "South Britain is divided into 62 counties 40 of which are called England and 12 of the most western Wales. There are 2 Universities 2 Arch-bishoprics and 24 bishoprics." A cartouche at the right reads "England and Wales."
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: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-100-16
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Map sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and paint on wool Technique: cross, split and half cross on plain weave foundation; counted and uncounted stitches
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 38.4 x 32.8 cm (15 1/8 x 12 15/16 in.)