Mary B. Cleavland, 1823. #SA000009

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Mary B. Cleavland, 1823

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000009
Maker:	Mary B. Cleavland
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	1823
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Rhode Island Historical Society
Accession Number:	1840.1.18
Object Credit:	Gift of Mrs. Charles Cleveland, 1840
Contributor:	Rhode Island Historical Society

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

26 H x 22 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Personal initials, Verse

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Author or being source of light
With unfading beauty bright
Fulness goodness rolling round......
Thy own fair orb without a bound.
Whether the the suppliants call
Truth or good or one for all .......
God of father thee we hail..........
Essence that can never fail.........

Grecian or Barbarick name...........
The steadfast being still the same
Thee when morning greets skies
With rosy cheeks and humid eyes
Thee when sweet declining day
Sinks in purple waves away.........
Thee my lips shall still proclaim...
And teach the world to bless thy name

Mary E Cleavland wrought this August 6th 1823 AE 14 years

Tis education forms the common mind
Just as the twig is bent the trees inclind

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, animals [deer?] with trees and other plants

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness:
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Green, Rust, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:
Death Location:
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	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Mrs. Charles Cleveland, 1840 Relation to maker: Unknown
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Object Details