Unknown, two young women, n.d.. #SA000171

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Unknown, two young women, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000171
Maker:	Unknown
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	possibly Washington, possibly District of Colombia
Year Made:	c. 1815
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	74.244
Object Credit:	Gift of Ella Willams Buek Smith
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

18.70 H x 16.20 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

24.50 H x 21.50 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Text medium:

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Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

Allegorical or symbolic, Landscape

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk chenille

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Symbols: Slight loss

Other Materials:

Paint

Stitch Types:

Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Ella Willams Buek Smith[Mrs. James Gordon Smith] Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1991 Actions: mounted on acid-free board
Exhibitions:	Title: Textile Cases Host: DAR Museum Date: Jan. - Apr. 9,1976 Title: Washington D.C. period room Host: DAR Museum Date: 1976, 1992, 2008,2009 Title: Executive Selections Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec. 1, 1994 – May 1, 1995 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: Needlework in the District of Columbia 1800-1850 Publication/Publisher: Historic Alexandria Antiques Show Catalog Date: 1994

Object Details