Object Details

Sarah Foulke, 1806

Sampler Archive ID: SA001077
Maker: Sarah Foulke
Maker Birthplace: Upper Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Maker Age: 19-20+ years
Place Made: Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:Westtown Boarding School
Year Made: 1806
Decade Made: 1800-1809
Owner: Westtown School
Accession Number: S.60
Object Credit: Gift of Sarah Emlen Moore in 1949.
Contributor: Westtown School


Physical Characteristics

Object type: Sampler
Needlework techniques: Embroidery Darning
Shape: Mostly square
Object Dimensions: 8.25 H x 8.25 W (inches)
Framed Dimensions: There is no frame.
Borders: None
Decorative Bands: None
Dividing Lines: None
Enclosures:
Cartouches: No
Text types: , Maker signature
Text medium: Stitched
Sarah Foulke
Weston School
1806
Motifs/Symbols:
Scenes/Pictures: None
Ground: Linen
Ground Condition: Wear:
Cleanliness: stained surface dirt
Loss: none noted
Thread: Silk Linen
Thread Colors Front: Black, Tan
Thread Condition: Text: Moderate loss
Other Materials: None
Stitch Types: Cross, Chain, Straight
Thread Count: Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Birthdate:
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
County: Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
State Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Death Date:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Death Location:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Religion:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Prendergast Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Marriages:
Spouse: William FarquharBirth: Death:
Date: Dec. 1809Place:
Spouse: James EmlenBirth: Death:
Date: Jan. 11, 1816Place:
Children:
James Emlen Jr.Birth: 1816Death: 1817

Object History

Previous Owners:

Name: Sarah Emlen Moore
Relation to maker:

Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:

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

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