Object Details

M. Evans, 1802

Sampler Archive ID: SA001028
Maker: Mary Evans
Maker Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age: 10-12 years
Place Made: Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:Westtown Boarding School
Year Made: 1802
Decade Made: 1800-1809
Owner: Westtown School
Accession Number: S.11
Object Credit: Found in collection c. 1930s
Contributor: Westtown School


Physical Characteristics

Object type: Sampler
Needlework techniques: Embroidery Darning
Shape: Tall rectangle
Object Dimensions: 7.5 H x 6 W (inches)
Framed Dimensions: There is no frame.
Borders: None
Decorative Bands: None
Dividing Lines: None
Enclosures:
Cartouches: No
Text types: Personal name, Place name, Date, Maker signature
Text medium: Stitched
M Evans
West-town School
1802
Motifs/Symbols:
Scenes/Pictures: None
Ground: Linen
Ground Condition: Wear:
Cleanliness: clean stained
Loss: none noted
Thread: Linen
Thread Colors Front: Black, White
Thread Condition: Text: Intact
Other Materials: None
Stitch Types: Cross, Chain, Straight
Thread Count: Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:
Westtown School student registers (Westtown School archives)
Birthdate:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
County: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
State U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Death Date:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, on Ancestry.com
Death Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, on Ancestry.com
Religion:
Quaker
Parents:
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy by William Wade Hinshaw, vol. 2 (Ann Arbor, MI:Edwards Bros, Inc., 1938)
Birth: Death:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birth: Death:
Marriages:
Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:

Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks
Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School samplers
Publication/Publisher: Westtown School
Date: 2015

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