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Sampler

Elizabeth Funk, American1813

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The field is dominated by a large flowering plant growing out of a basket, surrounded by small floral motifs and sheep. With a floral vine border at the top and bottom. The edges are trimmed with gathered blue ribbon, with ribbon rosettes in each corner. In the upper left corner, a small oval contains the inscription.

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  • Title: Sampler
  • Creator: Elizabeth Funk, American
  • Date Created: 1813
  • Physical Dimensions: w425 x h540 cm
  • Type: Sampler
  • Rights: Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
  • Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin and cross stitches on plain weave foundation
  • Provenance: By 1941, Mrs. Henry E. Coe (Eva Johnston Coe)1941 - 1970, Emily Coe Stowell1970, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
  • Inscribed: Elizabeth Funk Her Work 1813
  • Dimensions: H x W: 54 x 42.5cm (21 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
  • Bibliography: Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe, American Samplers (Boston: The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921) 94, 159.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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