Object number2024.24.10

Sampler

Datec. 1700

CultureEnglish

MediumSilk threads on linen ground

DimensionsSight (tall rectangle): 16 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (41 x 20 cm)
Framed (vintage frame): 18 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 1 in. (47.3 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift from the collection of Linda Ford Wallace

On View

Not on view

Period17th / 18th c

Classification(s)

InscribedEXODUS /I/ Have thou no other/ gods but me/ II/ And to no image/ bow thy knee/ III/ Take not the name /of god in vain/ IV/ The sabbath day/ do not Profane/ V/ honnour thy father /mother too/ VI/ The laws of the lord write in my heart/ CHAPXX/ VI/ and see that thou/ no murder do/ VII/ adultery shun in /chastity delight/ VII/ Steal not at all nor /take anothers right/ IX/ bear not fals witnes /shun that blot/X/ what is they neighb/ours covvet not/if thou will enter in / to life keep these/ commandments

ProvenanceLinda Ford Wallace Collection
DescriptionA 17th-century silk on linen tablet and pictorial sampler: Exodus, Chapter 20, The Ten Commandments, presented in rhyming couplets above a pastoral scene with a shepherdess and bugler. A small black figure in a red waistcoat can be seen over the shoulder of the shepherdess. A small ship with sailors intrudes on the grassy mound. Below is a tree, a recumbent deer, and a depiction of Adam and Eve.

Terms

samplers (embroidery)

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