Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1830
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Harriet McEwen, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four alphabets, one with numerals at the top. Verse: "Tis education that conform the mind, and make it rise superior to its kind, wisdom and worth are by instruction given, these lead to virtue, happiness, and heaven. Harriet McEwen, aged 9 years 1830." Potted plants and flower basket at bottom. Floral border at edge.
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 Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-39
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, chain, stem, and square stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 39.1 x 30.2 cm (15 3/8 x 11 7/8 in.)