Harriet B. Cheesmon, 1817. #SA000115

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Harriet B. Cheesmon, 1817

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000115
Maker:	Harriet B. Cheesmon
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	possibly New Jersey
Year Made:	1817
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	2003.60.1
Object Credit:	Gift of Helen and Charles Ellzey
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

17.00 H x 12.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

20.70 H x 15.70 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

, decorative lines
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Date, Verse, Maker signature, Motto or aphorism, History

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Let virtue all thy actions sway
 The leading Star that points the way.

Since beauty then to time must bow
And age deform the fairest brow
Let brighter charms be yours :
The female mind embalmed in truth
Shall bloom in everlasting youth
While time himself endures.

Harriet B. Cheesmon was born November
the 6th 1803 did this work in the 14th year
of her age 1817 being the 41st year of A
merican Independence. April 10th 1817.

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Queen or rococo

Thread Count:

Vertical: 38
Horizontal: 38

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:
Death Location:	uncertain
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Helen and Charles Ellzey Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2004 Actions: Other actions: Cleaned, mounted and reframed
Exhibitions:	Title: Home and Country: Quilts and Samplers from the DAR Museum Collection Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 8, 2004 – Apr. 30, 2005 Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008 Title: Hail Specimen of Female Art! New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860 Host: Morven Museum and Garden Location: Princeton, New Jersey Date: Oct. 3, 2014 – Mar. 29, 2015
Literature:	Author(s): Morven Museum and Garden Title: Hail Specimen of Female Art! New Jersey Schoolgirl Needlework, 1726-1860 Publication/Publisher: Morven Museum and Garden, p. 143 Date: 2014 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Patriotic Imagery in Schoolgirl Needlework Pictures Publication/Publisher: 51st Annual Washington Antiques Show Catalog Date: 2006

Object Details