Family register sampler
Object Details
- Embroiderer
- Sarah Ann Campbell, American, b. 1810
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- In a columnar framework trimmed with garlands of roses, a register of the names, births, marriages and deaths of the children of John Campbell and Hannah Martling. Baskets of flowers appear at the top; a verse and inscription at the bottom:
- Come in, ye blessed of the Lord
- Ye that believe his holy word
- Come and recive (sic) his heavenly bread
- The food with which his saints are fed
- Your savior's boundless goodness prove
- And feast on his redeeming love
- Come all ye happy souls that thirst
- The last is welcome as the first
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
- 1823
- Accession Number
- 1981-28-152
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Family register sampler
- Medium
- Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 56.5 x 41.9 cm (22 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
- made in
- New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1981-28-152
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq48c5b75bb-28f9-4155-a1fe-5b07f1435ecf
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