Charlotte Robertson Dulton, n.d.. #SA000117

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Charlotte Robertson Dulton, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000117
Maker:	Charlotte Robertson Dulton
Maker Birthplace:	Norfolk, Virginia
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Moravian Female Seminary
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	2004.12
Object Credit:	Gift of Faith Lear Dresse
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

14.70 H x 16.20 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Text medium:

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Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Architectural, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Shepherdess with crook in center, in front of large tree, also holding a wreath. Sheep in foreground. Various houses- one nearby, others across river.

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness:
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Red, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Other Materials:

Paint, Beads, Other, sequins

Stitch Types:

Long and short, Satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Family history and an inscription with the object
Birthdate:	A History of the Rise, Progress, and Present Condition of the Bethlehem Female Seminary: With a Catalogue of Its Pupils, 1785-1858 William Cornelius Reichel J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1858
Birth Location:	A History of the Rise, Progress, and Present Condition of the Bethlehem Female Seminary: With a Catalogue of Its Pupils, 1785-1858 William Cornelius Reichel J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1858 County: unknown State A History of the Rise, Progress, and Present Condition of the Bethlehem Female Seminary: With a Catalogue of Its Pupils, 1785-1858 William Cornelius Reichel J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1858
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	Mother: First name unknown last name possibly Robertson	Birth:	Death:
	family history	Birth:	History of Norfolk County and Representative Citizens 1902
Marriages:
	Spouse: Alexander Taylor	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850	Place:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Vincent Dyckman Andrus Relation to maker: none Name: Faith Lear Dresser Relation to maker: Great grandaughter
Conservation:	Conservator: Dorothy McCoach Date: before 2004 Actions: Other actions: Remounted on acid free materials
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: April 11, 2008 -August 30, 200
Literature:	Author(s): Bernard and S. Dean Levy Inc. Title: Selections from the Collection of Vincent Dyckman Andrus Publication/Publisher: Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc. Date: Jan. 2004

Object Details