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Sampler
Louisa Ann Price1845
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
In the upper register, five flowering trees in urns. In the center, a verse:Give me O Lord a thankful heartFrom every murmur freeThe blessings of thy peace impartThat I may live to theeIn the lower third, a scene of the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, the sun and moon, and animals. Surrounded by wide grape vine border on four sides, with an inscription.
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Louisa Ann Price
- Date Created: 1845
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Medium: Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: By 1941, Mrs. Henry E. Coe (Eva Johnston Coe)1941, Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union
- Inscribed: Louisa Ann Price 1845
- Dimensions: H x W: 54 x 43 cm (21 1/4 x 16 15/16 in.)
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