Hannah B. Gibbons, c. 1817. #SA001168

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Hannah B. Gibbons, c. 1817

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001168
Maker:	Hannah B. Gibbons
Maker Birthplace:	East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	c. 1817
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	G.9
Object Credit:	Gift of Maereta Hershey.
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:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Tan

Thread Condition:

Borders: Moderate loss
Text: Moderate loss
Symbols: Moderate loss

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

, laid and couched. Catch stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881
Birthdate:	U.S. Find a Grave Index on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	presumed County: History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881 State History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881
Death Date:	U.S. Find a Grave Index on Ancestry.com
Death Location:	presumed
Religion:	Parents were Quaker and she attended Westtown School
Parents:	History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881	Snyder/Pennock Family Tree on Ancestry.com	Snyder/Pennock Family Tree on Ancestry.com
	History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881	History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881	History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches by J. Futhey and G. Cope, 1881
Marriages:
	Spouse: John Edwards Jr.	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Oct. 27, 1825	Place: Bradford Monthly Meeting, Chester County

Children:

William Gibbons Edwards

Birth: 1838

Death:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Maerta Hershey 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): Judith Tyner Title: The World in Silk: Embroidered Globes of Westtown School Publication/Publisher: Chester County Antiques Show catalog Date: 2011 Author(s): Carol Humphrey Title: Quaker School Girl Samplers from Ackworth Publication/Publisher: Needleprint & Ackworth School Estates Ltd. Date: 2006 Author(s): Robert McCracken Peck Title: The World on A String Publication/Publisher: The Magazine ANTIQUES Date: November/December 2019

Object Details