Louisa Martha Vanlaw, 1834. #SA000120

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Louisa Martha Vanlaw, 1834

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000120
Maker:	Louisa Martha Vanlaw
Maker Birthplace:	Belmont County, Ohio
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Chesterhill, Morgan County, Ohio
Year Made:	1834
Decade Made:	1830-1839
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	2005.48
Object Credit:	Museum purchase M. Finkel and Daughter
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

17.20 H x 16.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

19.50 H x 19.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouche, Wreath
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Personal initials, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Count that day lost whose low descending sun
Views from thy hand no worthy actions done

Louisa Martha Vanlaw's Sampler 1834

An Emblem
of love

RS
MRC
MVS
SV

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Domestic, house & yard

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Green, Red

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet

Thread Count:

Vertical: 38
Horizontal: 38

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. IV
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. IV State Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. IV
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Quaker records Stillwater Monthly Meeting Ohio
Parents:	U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [	cemetery records
	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	Birth: U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607–1943	Death: Cemetery records Hopewell Cemetery, Linn County Iowa
	Date: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	Place: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Children:

John V. Doudna	Birth: Nov. 19, 1843	Death:
Martha Doudna	Birth: Mar. 14, 1846	Death:
Mary Doudna	Birth: Jan. 19, 1851	Death:
Edwin Doudna	Birth: Jul. 10, 1853	Death:
Thomas E. Doudna	Birth: Mar. 5, 1859	Death:
Sarah Doudna	Birth: Feb. 22, 1845	Death:
Edwin Doudna	Birth: Jul. 10, 1853	Death:
Eliza Ann Doudna	Birth: Jun. 9, 1848	Death:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: William and Joyce Subjack Relation to maker: none Name: M. Finkel & Daughter Relation to maker: none Name: Erma Doudna Stone Relation to maker: great grandaughter Name: Erma May Derby Waidder Relation to maker: Great, great neice
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008
Literature:	Author(s): Sue Studebaker Title: Ohio is My Dwelling Place: Schoolgirl Embroideries, 1800-1850 Publication/Publisher: Ohio University Press Date: 2002 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Publication/Publisher: Samplings, M. Finkel and Daughter Date: 2008

Object Details