Katharine Wallace, n.d.. #SA000166

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Katharine Wallace, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000166
Maker:	Katharine Wallace
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
School/Teacher:	Elizabeth Montgomery's Ladies English, Sewing and Drawing School
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	67.244
Object Credit:	Gift of Kate M. Louise Jaquette
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Coat of Arms, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

24.00 H x 27.50 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Text medium:

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Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Allegorical or symbolic, Landscape, Literary

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Metal

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Green, Tan, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Other Materials:

Paint

Stitch Types:

Satin, Stem, Fly stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	family history
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:	Genealogy of the Jaquett Family by Edwin Jaquette Sellers Philadelphia, PA 1896
Death Location:	family history
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	family history	Birth:	Death:
	family history	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:
	Spouse: Thomas Jaquette	Birth: October 5, 1790	Death: Genealogy of the Jaquette Family 1907,Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974
	Date: Delaware marriages	Place: Delaware

Children:

Elizabeth Wallace Jaquette	Birth: Dec. 10, 1820	Death: Nov. 25, 1864
Thomas Baker Jaquette	Birth: c. 1822	Death: Apr. 11, 1896
Samuel Jaquette	Birth: uncertain	Death: died young

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Elizabeth Wallace Jaquette Relation to maker: daughter Name: Emma Lott Graeff Relation to maker: grandaughter Name: Kate M. Louise Jaquette Relation to maker: great niece
Conservation:	Conservator: Ross Wheat Date: 1963 Actions: removed from frame Other actions: frame and glass mat not original. Frame regilded 1963
Exhibitions:	Title: Gunston Hall Needlework Exhibition Host: Gunston Hall Location: Lorton, VA Date: Mar. 1, 1972 – Mar. 31, 1972 Title: Museum Gallery Host: DAR Museum Date: May 1972 Title: Made in America Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Feb., 1981 Title: Welcome Little Stranger Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Sep. 8, 1976 – Nov. 30, 1976 Title: Sampler Exhibit: Selections from the Permanent Collection Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: May, 1982 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): 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): Wendy Lavitt Title: American Textiles Publication/Publisher: Date: 1987

Object Details