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Sampler
Unknown19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
An unfinished sampler with three alphabets, numerals, and an incomplete verse, with a wide floral border on three sides. Embroidered in colored silks on a white ground; the colors have run. The verse reads: There is a world where souls are freeWhere tyrants taint not natures bliss
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Details
- Title: Sampler
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 19th century
- Type: Sampler
- Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Medium: Medium: silk 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
- Dimensions: H x W: 44 x 44 cm (17 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
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