Cordelia Cheesman, 1831. #SA000160

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Cordelia Cheesman, 1831

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000160
Maker:	Cordelia Cheesman
Maker Birthplace:	Dutchess County, New York
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Dutchess County County, New York
Year Made:	1831
Decade Made:	1830-1839
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	65.120
Object Credit:	Gift of Emma Cheesman Bruns
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

15.70 H x 17.70 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

19.50 H x 21.50 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Verse

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

"When youth's soft season shall be o'er
And scenes of childhood charm no more
My riper years with joy shall see
This proof of my industry.

As memry o'er the task shall wake
And retrospective pleasures take
How shall I wish but wish in vain
To enjoy youth's careless hours again.

How poor the heart whose hopes of bliss
Are centred in a world like this!
Our conscious minds are made to soar
Above the enjoyments of an hour.

Cordelia Cheesman aged eleven yrs. July 1831

The flower that fair its bosom spreads
And joys to hail the solar ray
At evening fades yet only fades
To bloom afresh at op'ning day

To woodlands barren to the sight
New foliage vernal gales shall bring
The insect sleeps the wintry night
And flutters on the breath of spring

Thus o'er the light eolian lyre
The winds of dark november stray

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean Rust (from tacking)
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Green, Red, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 34
Horizontal: 40

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	grave records
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: Dutchess State grave records
Death Date:	grave records
Death Location:	grave records
Religion:	Protestant
Parents:	tombstone	tombstone	tombstone
	family history	Birth:	Death: 1854
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Emma Cheesman Bruns [Mrs. John Henry Bruns] Relation to maker: granddaughter
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1996 Actions: mounted on acid-free board Other actions: Vacuumed, mounted on archival material for storage 1996. Remounted for framing 2008 Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2008 Actions: mounted on acid-free board Other actions: Vacuumed, mounted on archival material for storage 1996. Remounted for framing 2008
Exhibitions:	Title: Textile Cases Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, DC Date: 1976 Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 to Aug. 30, 2008
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Object Details