Mary Trimble, c. 1822. #SA001167

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Mary Trimble, c. 1822

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001167
Maker:	Mary Trimble
Maker Birthplace:	Baltimore County County, Maryland
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	c. 1822
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	G.8
Object Credit:	Gift of Susanne Smedley and Susan A. Bell.
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:

Text types:

Place name

Text medium:

Handwritten

Click to View Text Transcription:

Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Pink, Tan, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Considerable loss
Text: Considerable loss
Symbols: Considerable loss

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Running, laid and couched. Catch stitch

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: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com State U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Death Date:	PA & NJ, U.S. Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 on Ancestry.com
Death Location:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Parents:	A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware)County, Pennsylvania by Lewis Palmer, 1875	A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware)County, Pennsylvania by Lewis Palmer, 1875	A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware)County, Pennsylvania by Lewis Palmer, 1875
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware)County, Pennsylvania by Lewis Palmer, 1875	A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of John and Mary Palmer of Concord, Chester (now Delaware)County, Pennsylvania by Lewis Palmer, 1875
Marriages:
	Spouse: Samuel F. Troth	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Aug. 21, 1834	Place:

Children:

Samuel F. Troth

Birth: June 12, 1830

Death: July 2, 1830

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Mrs. Horace W. Shelmire 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): Jeanmarie Andrews Title: Holding the World in Stitches Publication/Publisher: Early American Life Date: April 2014 Author(s): Elizabeth Targrove 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 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): Judith Tyner Title: The World in Silk: Embroidered Globes of Westtown School Publication/Publisher: Chester County Antiques Show catalog Date: 2011 Author(s): Judith Tyner Title: Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women's Geographical Education Publication/Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., England Date: 2015 Author(s): Robert McCracken Peck Title: The World on A String Publication/Publisher: The Magazine ANTIQUES Date: November/December 2019

Object Details