Mary Hibberd, 1807. #SA001113

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Mary Hibberd, 1807

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001113
Maker:	Mary Hibberd
Maker Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	13-15 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1807
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.94
Object Credit:	Gift of C. Willis Edgerton Jr., Westtown class of 1943, in 1982.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

9.50 H x 11.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

11.50 H x 13.50 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse or other block of text, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Extract
When beauty's charms decay, as soon they must, 
And all its glories humbled in the dust,
The virtous mind, beyond the reach of time,
Shall ever blossom in a happier clime.
Whose never-fading joys no tongue can tell,
Where everlasting youth and beauty dwell;
Where pain and sorrow never more shall move,
But all is pleasure, harmony and love.

West-Town Boarding School.
Mary Hibberd.
1807.

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Slight loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Westtown School student registers (Westtown School Archives)
Birthdate:	Westtown School student registers (Westtown School Archives)
Birth Location:	City: County: State presumed
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:	Westtown School student registers (Westtown School Archives)
Parents:	Genealogy of the Sharpless Family; descended from John and Jane Sharpless, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682	Genealogy of the Sharpless Family; descended from John and Jane Sharpless, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682	Death:
	Genealogy of the Sharpless Family; descended from John and Jane Sharpless, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682	Birth:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: C. Willis Edgerton Jr. Relation to maker: Donor is descendant/relative of maker.
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: Is Stitches: Unraveling Their Stories Host: Chester County Historical Society Date: Dec. 2011-Sep. 2012
Literature:	Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

Object Details