Nancy Clark, 1818. #SA000184

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Nancy Clark, 1818

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000184
Maker:	Nancy Clark
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	1818
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	85.55
Object Credit:	Gift of Helen Wilkerson
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

19.20 H x 13.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

22.00 H x 15.50 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Verse

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Fragrant the Rose is
But it fades in time The
Violet seet but quick past
the prim while lilies hang
their heads and soon dec
ay and whiter snow in
minute melt away

Nancy Clark's
Sampler 1818

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Domestic, house & yard

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Brown, Green, Purple, Red, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Feather stitch, back stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical: 32
Horizontal: 30

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
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: Helen Wilkerson [Mrs. Howard Wilkerson] Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2005 Actions: cleaned, mounted on acid-free board, reframed Conservator: uncertain Date: 1950s Actions: cleaned, mounted on acid-free board
Exhibitions:	Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008 Title: By, For, and Of the People: Folk Art and Americana at the DAR Museum Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 7, 2011 – Sep. 2, 2012
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 (exhibition catalog) Date: 2011

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Nancy Clark, 1818

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