Caroline L. Newcomb, 1817. #SA000157

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Caroline L. Newcomb, 1817

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000157
Maker:	Caroline L. Newcomb
Maker Birthplace:	Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
School/Teacher:	Sarah Pierce's Litchfield Female Academy
Year Made:	1817
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	64.129
Object Credit:	Gift of Emma Cheesman Bruns
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Embroidered Picture or Scene, Memorial or Mourning Picture

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

17.50 H x 24.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

25.50 H x 31.50 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Handwritten

Click to View Text Transcription:

Sacred
To the memory
of
Isaac & Mary Bloom

To
The memory of
Sally, Phebe, Adeline
Zacheus, George
and Richard Newcomb.

CAROLINE L. NEWCOMB 1817.

Motifs/Symbols:

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

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, , outline, fly stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object, "Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Birthdate:	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Birth Location:	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923 County: Dutchess State "Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Death Date:	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Death Location:	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923	"Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants" B.M. Newcomb 1923
Marriages:
	Spouse: DAR lineage	Birth: DAR lineage	Death: DAR lineage
	Date: DAR lineage	Place: Pleasnt Valley New York

Children:

Charles Cheeseman	Birth: 1834	Death: 1915
Nathaniel Filkins Cheeseman	Birth: 1823	Death:
Jacob Cheeseman	Birth: Nov. 5, 1829	Death: Nov. 16, 1867
John N. Cheeseman	Birth: 1824	Death: Jan. 12, 1831

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Emma Cheesman Bruns [Mrs. John Henry Bruns] Relation to maker: granddaughter
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1992 Actions: removed from frame, stabilized, mounted on acid-free board, reframed
Exhibitions:	Title: Museum Gallery Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Jul., 1972 Title: America Mourns Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec., 1976 – Feb., 1977 Title: Museum Gallery Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Sep., 1978
Literature:	Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Publication/Publisher: Samplings, M. Finkel and Daughter Date: 2008 Author(s): Diane L. Dunkley Title: Souvenirs From the Voyage of Life Publication/Publisher: American Spirit Magazine Date: Mar. 1993 Author(s): Elizabeth Donaghy Garrett Title: American Samplers and Needlework Pictures in the DAR Museum Part II: 1806-1840 Publication/Publisher: The Magazine Antiques, pp. 699-701 Date: Apr. 1975

Object Details