Phebe Sprague, 1807. #SA000096

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Phebe Sprague, 1807

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000096
Maker:	Phebe Sprague
Maker Birthplace:	Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island
Year Made:	1807
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Rhode Island Historical Society
Accession Number:	1999.72.2
Object Credit:	Gift of Claflin Brothers, 1999-10
Contributor:	Rhode Island Historical Society

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

16.5 H x 16.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

                             Phebe SPrague of
Cranston Was Born on Tuesday May 10th AD 1796

Virtue if the chiefest beauty of the mind
The noblest ornament of human kind
Virtue is our safeguard and our guiding star
That lifts up true reason when our senses err
I have seen the bright azure of morn
With darkeness and clouds shadow'd o'er
I have found that the rose has a thorn
Which Will wound When its bloom is no more

Let vir
tue be
a guide
to thee

Work done by Phebe Sprague AD 1807

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness:
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Wool

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Purple, Red

Thread Condition:

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, hemstitch

Thread Count:

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Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object,Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914
Birthdate:	object,Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914
Birth Location:	object,Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914 County: Providence State object,Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914
Death Date:	tombstone
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:
Parents:	Rhode Island Vital Extracts	Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914	Rhode Island Vital Extracts
	Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914	Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914	tombstone
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Claflin Brothers, 1999 Relation to maker: Descendants
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