The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sampler

Date:: 1793
Culture:: British
Medium:: Silk on wool canvas
Dimensions:: H. 13 1/4 x W. 8 7/8 inches (33.7 x 22.5 cm)
Classification:: Textiles
Credit Line:: From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957
Accession Number:: 57.122.326

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Signature: Christina [illegible]/Sampler Finished in/the 11th Year of her/Age/1793

Inscription: Our father Which art in heaven Hallowed be thy/ Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in/ Heaven. Give us [this day] our daily bread and forgive us/ our [trespasses] as we forgive them that trefpafs against us/ And lead us not into Temptation but deliver us from Evil. Amen alphabet and numbers at the top
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What
Silk (32,922)

Textiles (32,752)

Needlework (10,342)

Wool (9,527)

Embroidery (5,467)

Canvas (4,596)

Samplers (988)
Where
Europe (148,587)

United Kingdom (25,557)

England (9,102)

Staffordshire (4,248)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,179)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,257)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1800 A.D.