Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1817
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Laura Bowker, American, 1805 - 1843
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Embroidered sampler with two alphabets, a set of numerals, a verse and a landscape within a deep vine border of flowers and grapes. The landscape includes a woman standing by a tree, sheep, and a large basket of flowers.
label: Description
content: The verse reads:
label: Description
content: Jesus permit thy name to stand
label: Description
content: As the first efforts of an infants hand
label: Description
content: And while her fingers o'er this canvass move
label: Description
content: Engage her tender heart to seek thy love
place: label: made in
content: Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, USA
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: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1941-69-98
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Sampler
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic (metal-wrapped silk core) embroidery, linen foundation, painted paper, kid leather Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, knot and couching stitches on plain weave foundation Label: linen embroidered with silk and metallic yarns in stem, satin, knot and couching stitches, painted paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 46 x 57.8 cm (18 1/8 x 22 3/4 in.)