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Sampler
Elizabeth Jane Alden1834
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Three alphabets separated by floral vine borders, with a floral garland below. With a floral border on four sides. At the bottom, a verse and inscription. The verse reads:Let every virtue reign within thy breastThat heaven approves or makes its owner blest
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Elizabeth Jane Alden
- Date Created: 1834
- Physical Dimensions: w410 x h430 cm
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: By 1981, Gertrude M. Oppenheimer1981, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Inscribed: Elizabeth Jane Alden 1834
- Dimensions: H x W: 43.2 x 41.3 cm (17 x 16 1/4 in.)
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