Sampler made at the Moorestown Friends School

Sampler made at the Moorestown Friends School

Margaret Schanck

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Made at a Quaker school, Moorestown Friends School, this sampler mourns the loss of the maker's infant sister, Jane. Elizabeth Cowperthwhite, whose name appears at the lower center, was probably Margaret Schanck's sewing teacher. Although this sampler is much more ornate than a simple marking sampler (see 13.69.10 made at the Quaker Westtown School), it has certain decorative motifs, such as the thin leaf and vine border that surounds the central lettering, that are typical of Pennsylvania and New Jersey Quaker samplers.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.