Sampler
date: label: Date
content: 1791
name: label: Embroiderer
content: Mary Slatter, English
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Within a curving border of strawberries, two couples courting, a large basket of flowers, and a house in a park. Signature: "Mary Slatter ended this April the 29 1791." The couples' faces are engravings which have been cut out and pasted in place. The windows of the house are mica couched in place. Quilled woven silk ribbon surrounds the bouquet of flowers.
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: 1981-28-99
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, woven silk ribbon, mica and paper, linen tape Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, stem, eyelet, and chain stitches on plain weave foundation. Central panel appliqued over another embroidery.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 35.6 x 45.1 cm (14 x 17 3/4 in.)