Mary Vickers Wilson, 1828. #SA000145

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Mary Vickers Wilson, 1828

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000145
Maker:	Mary Vickers Wilson
Maker Birthplace:	New Jersey
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	possibly Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Year Made:	1828
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	51.25
Object Credit:	Gift of Mary C. Chevrier
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Memorial or Mourning Picture, Coat of Arms, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery Crochet

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

23.00 H x 22.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

28.00 H x 27.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Wreath
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Be Christ my pattern, and my guide!
His image may I bear!
O may I tread his sacred steps:
And his bright glories share!
                      Enfield.

Mary V. Wilson.Aged 9 Years.
Trenton.August the 25, 1828

Motifs/Symbols:

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

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Green, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint

Stitch Types:

Chain, Half cross, Knotted, Satin, Stem, Straight, split, couching,seed

Thread Count:

Vertical: 28
Horizontal: 27

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	cemetery records Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State family history
Death Date:	Cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey: Volume 1	Birth: c. 1795	census records
	family history	Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey: Volume 1	Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey: Volume 1
Marriages:
	Spouse: Charles Scott	Birth: cemetery records Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey	Death: cemetery records Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey
	Date: March 10, 1841	Place:

Children:

Anna Elizabeth Scott	Birth: 1841	Death: Jan. 6, 1921
Emma W Scott	Birth: 1843	Death:
Lewis Winfield Scott	Birth: 1847	Death: 1921

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Anna Elizabeth Scott Chevrier [1841-1921] Relation to maker: daughter Name: Robert Scudder Chevier [1873-1950] and Mary C. Moorehead [1872-1945] Relation to maker: grandson and wife
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: Pride Before a Fall: Death and Dueling in the 19th Century Host: Decatur House Location: Washington D.C. Date: Mar. 22, 1995 – Apr. 30, 1995 Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec. 5, 1997 – May 4, 1998 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
Literature:	Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Learning is an Ornament: Schoolgirl Art and Education 1770 - 1850 Publication/Publisher: Piecework Magazine Date: Sep. 2004 Author(s): Dan Campanelli, Marty Campanelli Title: A Sampling of Hunterdon County Needlework: The Motifs, the Makers, and their Stories Publication/Publisher: Hunterdon County Historical Society Date: Jan. 2013 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance Of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 1998

Object Details