Mary Ann Craft, 1822. #SA000162

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Mary Ann Craft, 1822

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000162
Maker:	Mary Ann Craft
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	probably Baltimore, Maryland
Year Made:	1822
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	66.219
Object Credit:	Museum purchase Stoll D. Kemp
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Embroidered Picture or Scene, architechtural sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

20.20 H x 22.20 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

23.00 H x 25.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

       in excelsis
Gloria             Deo

In this place I will give peace
Saith the Lord of hosts

Blessed are they that dwell
in thy house O Lord

Mary Ann Craft's work finished in the 10th year 
of her 
age Baltimore October the 15th 1822

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant, Religious

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Pink, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Stem, Fly stitch, couching

Thread Count:

Vertical: 34
Horizontal: 45

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:
Death Location:	unknown
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Stoll D. Kemp Relation to maker: none/dealer
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1992 Actions: Other actions: Cleaned in 1992 for reframing. Frame had gold leaf reapplied in 1997. Stabiltex applied to edges of sampler 2008. Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2008 Actions: Other actions: Cleaned in 1992 for reframing. Frame had gold leaf reapplied in 1997. Stabiltex applied to edges of sampler 2008. Conservator: William Adair Date: 1997 Actions: Other actions: Cleaned in 1992 for reframing. Frame had gold leaf reapplied in 1997. Stabiltex applied to edges of sampler 2008.
Exhibitions:	Title: America Mourns Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec., 1976 - Feb., 1977 Title: Made in America Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Feb., 1981 Title: Souvenirs from the Voyage of Life Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 1, 1992 – Mar. 31, 1993 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: 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): Gloria Seaman Allen Title: A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1728-1860 Publication/Publisher: Maryland Historical Society Date: 2007 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 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 Author(s): Unstated Title: Sesquicentennial: St. Patrick's Parish 1792-1942 Publication/Publisher: Baltimore: St. Mary's Industrial School Date: 1942

Object Details