Mary Ann Ayer, 1823. #SA000192

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Mary Ann Ayer, 1823

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000192
Maker:	Mary Ann Ayer
Maker Birthplace:	Charlestown [Boston], Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Charleston, now Boston, Massachusetts
Year Made:	1823
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	87.38
Object Credit:	Gift of Dorothy Bramford
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

16.50 H x 12.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

19.50 H x 15.20 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Blest be the maid when circling years improve
Her god the object of her fairest love
Whose rolling years delusive as they glide
Her book her needle and her pen divide.

Mary Ann Ayer. Charlestown Aug 22 1823

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Domestic, house & yard

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Green, Red, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet

Thread Count:

Vertical: 32
Horizontal: 34

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	donor and family history,Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Birth Location:	donor, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 County: Suffolk State donor, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Death Date:	family history, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Death Location:	family history, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Religion:
Parents:	family history, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	family history, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 By THOMAS BELLOWS WYMAN.1879	family history,The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818 By THOMAS BELLOWS WYMAN.1879
	family history,Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	family history, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Marriages:
	Spouse:	Birth: family history, New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904	Death: family history
	Date: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850	Place: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
	Spouse: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915	Birth: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915	Death: census records
	Date: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915	Place: Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

Children:

Andrew Jackson Dow	Birth: 1828	Death: 1887
Mary Jane Dow	Birth: c. 1836	Death:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Dorothy Bramford Relation to maker: Great, great grandaughter
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1994 Actions: removed from frame, cleaned Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2004 Actions: removed from frame, cleaned
Exhibitions:	Title: Recent Accession Host: DAR Museum, Washington, D.C. Date: July 1987 Title: Home and Country: Quilts and Samplers from the DAR Museum Collection Host: DAR Museum, Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 8, 2004 – Apr. 30, 2005 Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum, Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008
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Object Details