Sampler
Cooper Hewitt

Sampler

Lydia Smith, American · March 29, 1803

Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

A landscape with three houses in a row, among trees and flowering plants along a river or pond with boats, ducks and fish. People walk among the houses and trees, and those on the far right are picking cherries. In the background (at upper right), a house among trees next to a garden with corn or grain with human figures and animals including a cow. The inscription reads:

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