Clarissa Dyer, 1820. #SA000129

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Clarissa Dyer, 1820

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000129
Maker:	Clarissa Dyer
Maker Birthplace:	Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Skowhegan, Somerset County County, Maine
School/Teacher:	Canaan School
Year Made:	1820
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	2008.1.2
Object Credit:	Gift of Rolfe Towle Teague
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Family Record or Register

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

18.20 H x 16.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

20.20 H x 18.50 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Biblical scripture, Maker signature, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

The Lord is good a strong
hold in the day of trouble
and he knoweth them that 
trust in him.

Asa Dyer 
was born at
Abington
July 27, 1773

     Asa Dyer
and Mehitable Cham
berlin were married at 
Abington Sept. 10, 1801

Mehitible Cha
mberlin was born
at Plymton
Sept 10 1780

Names    Births   M      D    Y
Clarissa Dyer     Jan    14   1804
John     Dyer     Dec    31   1805
Elbridge Dyer     April  21   1808
Quincy   Dyer     Oct     9   1810
Chandler Dyer     Sept.  30   1812
William  Dyer     March  22   1818
Isaac    Dyer     Nov     1   1820

The heart that
bleeds for others
woe
Shall feel each
selfish sorrow 
less
That breast that
happiness bestows
Reflected happi
ness shall bless

Marked by Clarissa Dyer
at Canaan School 1820

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Green, Red, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Half cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 90
Horizontal: 75

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	Vital Records of the Town of Abington, Plymouth, Mass. Births, Deaths, Marriages (to 1850) County: Plymouth State: Massachusetts
Death Date:	cemetery records North Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine
Death Location:	cemetery records North Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	object	object, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Skowhegan on the Kennebec, Louisa Helen Coburn pub 1941
	object	object	Skowhegan on the Kennebec, Louisa Helen Coburn pub 1941
Marriages:
	Spouse: cemetery records North Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine	Birth: Vital Records of the Town of Abington, Plymouth, Mass. Births, Deaths, Marriages (to 1850)	Death: cemetery records North Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine
	Date: Ancestry of William Dyer, "The Abington pioneer"..Ebeneser Alden Dyer Dyer Association, 1911	Place:

Children:

Hannah Reed

Birth: 1832

Death:

Previous Owners:	Name: Rolfe Towle Teague Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: uncertain Date: before 2008 Actions: Other actions: remounted and placed in new frame
Exhibitions:	Title: Gallery Host: DAR Museum Date: 2010
Literature:

Object Details