Susan Arnold Burrill, 1810. #SA000056

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Susan Arnold Burrill, 1810

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000056
Maker:	Susan Arnold Burrill
Maker Birthplace:	Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
Year Made:	1810
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Rhode Island Historical Society
Accession Number:	1974.28.1
Object Credit:	Bequest of Eleanor B. Jilson, 1974-04-01
Contributor:	Rhode Island Historical Society

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

16 H x 12.2 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche, Garland
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Susan Arnold Burrills sam
pler, wrought at eight years of age,
Providence, February twenty eighth,
one thousand eight hundred ten.

My dearest child improve life's morning fair
The arts of dress should be your lesser care
Early exertions of the needle heed
And ornaments of taste will sure succeed
Your friend instruction with delight will blend
And fears too soon the pleasing talk will end

            l
SUSAN BURRIL

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean Rust (from tacking)
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Gold, Green, Pink, Tan, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Moderate loss
Text: Moderate loss
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Half cross, Satin, Stem, Straight

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object, RI birth records
Birthdate:	Rhode Island Vital records
Birth Location:	object, Rhode Island Vital records County: Providence State object, Rhode Island Vital records
Death Date:	Rhode Island Vital records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:
Parents:	Early Connecticut Marriages Ancestry.com	tombstone	tombstone
	Father: James Burrill Jr	Rhode Island Vital records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: William Ray Greene	Birth: Cemetery records	Death: tombstone
	Date: November 26, 1821	Place:

Children:

Susan Burrill Greene	Birth: Oct. 18, 1823	Death: Apr. 19, 1904
Elenor Burrill Greene	Birth: Mar. 10, 1825	Death: Aug. 2, 1904
Mary Elizabeth Greene	Birth: Oct. 23, 1827	Death: Mar. 31, 1837
Catherine Ray Greene	Birth: Sep. 3, 1828	Death: Aug. 13, 1829
Caroline B. Greene	Birth: Aug. 15, 1829	Death: Mar. 21, 1830

Previous Owners:	Name: Eleanor B. Jilson, 1974 Relation to maker: Unknown
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