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Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Decorative Arts
Darning sampler
Object name
Darning sampler
Date
1810
Medium
Linen, silk
Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 26 cm )
Description
Vertical rectangular linen darning sampler with various colors of silk floss; various darning stitches simulating woven patterns across top border in satin-stitched checkerboard, herringbone, twill and plain weave patterns; horizontal rows of five different patterned alphabets and numbers separated by rows of various stitches in center; inscription of date, place, name and age, "New York 1810 Fair Street July 31st Joanna De Peyster Cooper 14 years of age"; verse at bottom; stitches include cross, eyelet or queen's, satin and Maltese cross.
Credit Line
Gift of Johanna Kuypers Sluyter
Object Number
1913.7
Marks
embroidered: on right side, within alphabet work, in blue floss: "New York 1810 / Fair Street July 31st"
embroidered: bottom section, in blue floss: "Joanna DePeyster CooPer / 14 Years of Age"
Gallery Label
Joanna's sampler gives her New York City address as Fair Street, renamed Fulton Street in 1816. She was the daughter of prominent Dutch Reform minister Rev. Gerardus Kuypers and later the wife of Dr. Peter Van Zandt. Interestingly, Joanna chose to stitch the anglicized version of her family name-"Cooper"-rather than the Dutch "Kuypers."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
