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Band sampler
Sampler
Band sampler
Hannah Culleup (English)
English
1687
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and linen
Dimensions
83 x 42.5 cm (32 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.276
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBand sampler of linen plain weave embroidered with polychrome silk floral bands in Montenegrin cross, satin, double running, and basket stitches; geometric bands in linen satin stitch, drawn work, and reticella bands; embroidered "Hannah Culleup" at bottom, with religious verses throughout.
InscriptionsEmbroidered in cross stitched silk thread in all caps starting at top band of sampler:
"Two thing have I resolv/ed of thee deny me them/ not before I die remove fa/r from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty/ nor riches feed me with/ food convenient for me lest I be full a/nd deny thee and say who is the Lord/ or lest I be poor and steal and take t/he name of my God in vain 1687/ Hannah Cullcup"
"Two thing have I resolv/ed of thee deny me them/ not before I die remove fa/r from me vanity and lies give me neither poverty/ nor riches feed me with/ food convenient for me lest I be full a/nd deny thee and say who is the Lord/ or lest I be poor and steal and take t/he name of my God in vain 1687/ Hannah Cullcup"
ProvenanceLent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943