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Sampler
Unknownca. 1800
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Unfinished mourning sampler with a tree and a woman at a tomb with a large urn of flowering vines on top of it. The woman's apron is caught in the branches of this vine. There is no inscription on the tomb, and the woman's head is drawn on the cloth but not embroidered. At the bottom, a text:When age shall steal on me and youth is no moreAnd the moralist time shakes his glass at my doorWhen charm in lost beauty or wealth shall I findMy treasure my wealth is a sweet peace of mind
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1800
- Physical Dimensions: w395 x h420 cm
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and herringbone stitches on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: By 1945, Lily Wadsworth1945 - 1981, Gertrude M. Oppenheimer1981, Cooper-Hewitt Museum
- Dimensions: H x W: 41.9 x 39.4 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
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