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Sampler
Unknownca. 1775
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Three sets of alphabets, one set of numerals, and verse, with a floral border on three sides and a landscape at the bottom. The work is embroidered on brown linen; the border and landscape have embroidered grounds. The verse reads: The heart that melts at others woesWill find each selfish sorrow lessThe tear which for our neighbors flowsYields us a source of happiness
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1775
- Physical Dimensions: w340 x h395 cm
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin, stem, cross, eyelet, and overcasting stitches 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
- Exhibitions: New York, New York, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Embroidered Samplers in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1984.
- Dimensions: H x W: 39.5 x 34 cm (15 9/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
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