Esther Copp's Sampler
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Simple geometric crossbands framed by flowering vine and rose bushes. At base of sampler, centered tree flanked by two framed inscriptions, with tulips and strawberries. Single row of cross stitch forms border on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, petit point, Algerian eye, rice, queen. THREAD COUNT: warp 34, weft 38/in.<br>"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "<B>Inscriptions:</B><br>"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "\"Better it is to be<br>of an humble Spi<br>rit with the low<br>ly than to divide<br>the Spoil with<br>the proud\"<br>"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "\"Esther Copp her<br>Sampler made in<br>the eleventh<br>year of her age<br>august AD 1765\"<br>"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "<B>Background:</B><br>"}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Jonathan Copp was born on June 12, 1694, and married Mrs. Sarah (Dennis) Hobart as his second wife on June 30, 1742, in Stonington, Connecticut. Their daughter Esther was born on October 23, 1754, in New London, Connecticut, and she never married. She died September 21, 1829. (See sampler by Phebe Esther Copp, her grandniece. A tree, rose bush, and one text are the same on both samplers.) Esther's sampler is part of an extensive collection of 18th- and 19th- century household textiles, costume items, furniture, and other pieces belonging to the Copps, a prosperous but frugal Connecticut family. The collection was donated to the United State National Museum in the 1890s by John Brenton Copp, offering the nation the opportunity to preserve and study the everyday possessions of a New England family."}, {"label": "Location", "content": "Currently not on view"}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "Gift of John Brenton Copp"}], "name": [{"label": "maker", "content": "Copp, Esther"}], "publisher": [{"label": "Related Publication", "content": "Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. 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