File:Family Register Sampler (USA), 1798 (CH 18727659).jpg

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English: Family Register Sampler (USA), 1798   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Family Register Sampler (USA), 1798
Description
English: A record of the family of William Lawrence and Alice Ripley. The entire ground is covered in black cross-stitch, with the family dates worked in colored silks, followed by a verse and inscription, and at the bottom two cornucopias of flowers. The verse reads: Improve Every Moment of youth while you May For Life is too short to Be trifled away
Date 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium silk embroidery on linen foundation
Dimensions

Frame H x W x D: 47.6 x 48.9 cm (18 3/4 x 19 1/4 in.)

Warp x Weft (unframed): 41.9 x 41.9 cm (16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Textiles
Accession number
2008-31-14-a,b
Credit line Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers
Notes
  • Type: Family register sampler
  • Inscribed: Alicia Lawrence's Work Wrought in the 12th year of her age 1798
  • Country: United States
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