Hester Vanderburgh, 1789. #SA000197

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Hester Vanderburgh, 1789

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000197
Maker:	Hester Vanderburgh
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Possibly New York
Year Made:	1789
Decade Made:	1780-1789
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	88.1
Object Credit:	Museum purchase Eleanor M. Lynn and Elizabeth A. Monahan
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

15.50 H x 21.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

18.00 H x 24.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Text types:

Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

1   7  8  9

Hester.Vandeburgh.her.work.Newyork. age.12.oct6

Motifs/Symbols:

Religious

Scenes/Pictures:

Religious or Biblical, Domestic, house & yard

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 28
Horizontal: 25

Maker History

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

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Eleanor M. Lynn and Elizabeth A. Monahan Relation to maker: none [dealer]
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: Actions: removed from frame, cleaned, mounted on acid-free board, reframed
Exhibitions:	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: 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 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance Of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 1998

Object Details