Object Details
- Embroiderer
- Lydia Stocker, American, 1785 - 1841
- Description
- The small square field has an alphabet in four bands at the top and a landscape at the bottom with a house, tree, man and woman, dog, and deer. The deep border has an urn of flowers in each corner and flowers, butterflies and birds between. The inscription reads:
- Lydia Stocker Age 13 1798
- Happy is the Man that hath a friend
- Form'd by the God of Nature
- Well may he feel and recommend
- Friendship to his creator
- Embroidery covers the entire surface.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
- 1798
- Accession Number
- 1970-28-3
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- embroidery & stitching
- Sampler
- Medium
- Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, stem, satin, running and overcasting stitches on plain weave foundation
- Dimensions
- H x W: 42.2 x 43.2 cm (16 5/8 x 17 in.)
- made in
- Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1970-28-3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq456f50708-5e51-404b-b8cd-be9cc35a7ee4
