Deborah Oakford, c. 1816. #SA001164

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Deborah Oakford, c. 1816

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001164
Maker:	Deborah Oakford
Maker Birthplace:	Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	13-15 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	c. 1816
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	G.5
Object Credit:	Gift of Anna Griscom Elkinton between 1949 and 1967.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Map or Globe

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Sphere

Object Dimensions:

No dimensions for object

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Place name

Text medium:

Handwritten

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Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Pink, Tan

Thread Condition:

Borders: Considerable loss
Symbols: Considerable loss

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Running, Catch stitch. Laid and couched.

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Birthdate:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	City: County: presumed State presumed
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:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	Birth:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	U.S. Find a Grave Index on Ancestry.com
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Anna Griscom Elkinton Relation to maker:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: In Stitches: Unraveling Their Stories Host: Chester County Historical Society Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania 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 Author(s): Judith Tyner Title: Stitching the World: Westtown School's Embroidered Globes Publication/Publisher: Piecework, vol XII, no. 5 Date: Sept/Oct 2004 Author(s): Elizabeth Tarnove Title: Stitching Around the World: Behind the Scenes at the Los Angeles Co Museum of Art Publication/Publisher: Finelines, vol 1, no. 4 Date: Spring 1997

Object Details