Lucy Tufts, 1819. #SA000175

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Lucy Tufts, 1819

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000175
Maker:	Lucy Tufts
Maker Birthplace:	Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
Year Made:	1819
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	81.89.4
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

15.70 H x 14.20 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

18.50 H x 17.20 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

                            ht
Lucy Tufts her sampler wroug
in the eighth year of her age June 23

Oh days of infant innocence i am
sure i near can call you hence For
ye are fled away. Danvers 1819

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Green, Pink, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Long and short, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	Danvers Essex County MA Birth records
Birth Location:	Danvers Essex County MA Birth records County: Danvers Essex County MA Birth records State Danvers Essex County MA Birth records
Death Date:	Essex County Vital records
Death Location:	Essex County Vital records
Religion:
Parents:	Vital records of Danvers MA	census records	census records
	Census records	census records	Town and Vital records Peabody MA
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Frank Reynolds Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:	Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2004 Actions: repaired, mounted on acid-free board Other actions: Framed 2004
Exhibitions:	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 Title: Creating the Ideal Home, 1800-1939: Comfort and Convenience in America Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 4, 2013 – Aug. 8, 2015
Literature:	Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: By, For, and Of the People: Folk Art and Americana at the DAR Museum Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 2012

Object Details

Lucy Tufts, 1819

Physical Characteristics

Maker History

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