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Sampler
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A square sampler worked in black, brown, purple, green, beige and pink on a natural ground. At the top four alphabets are worked in black. At the bottom are a house, trees and flowers, and a mourning plaque beneath a willow tree. In the center, three interlocking hearts indicate that the embroiderer's father had had two wives, both of whom were now dead. The hearts are flanked by flowering branches and a verse, and the names and birthdates of the children are embroidered below.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineSampler. 1824. Eliza Ann Hunt, American, American, 1815 - 1845. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe. CC0.
