Object Details
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Image courtesy of DAR Museum |
Eliza Camp, 1810
| Sampler Archive ID: | SA000179 |
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| Maker: | Eliza Camp |
| Maker Birthplace: | Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut |
| Maker Age: | years |
| Place Made: | Connecticut |
| Year Made: | 1810 |
| Decade Made: | 1810-1819 |
| Owner: | DAR Museum |
| Accession Number: | 82.34 |
| Object Credit: | Gift of Maurice Durkee |
| Contributor: | DAR Museum |
Physical Characteristics
| Object type: | Embroidered Picture or Scene | |
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| Needlework techniques: | Embroidery | |
| Shape: | Tall rectangle | |
| Object Dimensions: | H x W (inches) | |
| Framed Dimensions: | 18.00 H x 14.50 W (inches) | |
| Borders: | 1 | |
| Decorative Bands: | None | |
| Dividing Lines: | None | |
| Enclosures: |
Cartouches: No | |
| Text types: | Personal name, Date, Maker signature | |
| Text medium: | Printed | |
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| Motifs/Symbols: | Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object | |
| Scenes/Pictures: | Allegorical or symbolic | |
| Ground: | Silk | |
| Ground Condition: |
Wear: Cleanliness: Clean Loss: none noted |
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| Thread: | Silk chenille | |
| Thread Colors Front: | Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, White, Yellow | |
| Thread Condition: |
Borders: Intact Text: Intact Symbols: Intact |
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| Other Materials: | Other, sequins | |
| Stitch Types: | Cross, leaves on trees | |
| Thread Count: |
Vertical: Horizontal: |
Maker History
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| Birth Name: |
object,History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866
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| Birthdate: |
donor information,History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866 | ||
| Birth Location: |
donor information, History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866 County: donor information, History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866 State donor information, History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866
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| Death Date: |
cemetery records
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| Death Location: |
cemetery records | ||
| Religion: |
Uncertain | ||
| Parents: |
donor information, History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866 | Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 | Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 |
donor information, History of Durham, Connecticut: From the First Grant of Land in 1662 to 1866 By William Chauncey Fowler Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866
| cemetery records | cemetery records | |
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| Spouse:
Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 | Birth:
cemetery records Westside Cemetery , Guilford CT | Death:
cemetery records Westside Cemetery , Guilford CT | |
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census records, birth of children | Place: uncertain |
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Object History
| Previous Owners: | Name: Marguerite Matteson Durkee [Mrs. Maurice Durkee] Name: Mary Jane Tyler Name: Maurice Durkee Name: Arthur Malan Durkee |
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| Conservation: | |
| Exhibitions: |
Title: A Few of Our Favorite Things Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Nov. 1987 – Jul., 1988 Title: A Century of Collecting: The DAR Museum at 100 Years Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 1, 1990 – Apr. 22, 1991 Title: Executive Selections Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec. 1, 1994 - May 1, 1995 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: 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): National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Author(s): E. McClung Fleming Author(s): Louis C. Jones |
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