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Object Details
- For
- Matilde Thompson
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Sampler is divided into compartments with vases, birds, and flowers. Those compartments with text are composed in the form of a rebus or pictogram. Sampler is edged with tatting. Contains the following text in Spanish:
- Cuando se (corona) un gusto
- Por dos (corazónes) fieles
- Una (llave) los maneja
- Y una (flecha) los sostiene
- En este (urna) yace
- Un (corazón) que ha sufrido
- De amor lo (cadena) dura
- Y la (flecha) del olbido
- Vivimos felices
- Amor nos une
- Para Matilde Thompson
- English translation:
- When a desire is (crowned)
- By two faithful (hearts)
- A (key) controls them
- And an (arrow) sustains them
- In this (urn) rests
- A (heart) that has suffered
- From love's cruel (chains)
- And the (arrow) of forgetfulness
- We live happily
- Love unites us
- For Matilde Thompson
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1941-69-132
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Sampler
- Medium
- Medium: linen and silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave Label: Linen embroidered in linen and silk
- Dimensions
- H x W: 27 x 32.1 cm (10 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
- made in
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1941-69-132
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e5c94025-0124-4173-bd35-4a004f8ec783
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