Lydia Russell, n.d.. #SA000198

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Lydia Russell, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000198
Maker:	Lydia Russell
Maker Birthplace:	West Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	West Cambridge, now Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
School/Teacher:	Mrs. Gill's Academy West Cambridge, Massachusetts
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	88.40
Object Credit:	Gift of Sheila and Edwin Rideout
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Family Record or Register, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

24.00 H x 19.20 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

30.00 H x 25.20 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

, Parent's names inscribed on monuments, children's names in fruit on tree.
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Handwritten

Click to View Text Transcription:

Edward Russell
Born Oct 5th 1764
was married.
May 11th 1786
Died Novr 3d 1808

Lydia Adams
Born Sept 2d 1767
Lydia R 1st.*..
Died Augst 28 
1790

Jeremiah
born Augst 28th 
1786

Lydia 1st born
Jany 22d
1789

Lydia 2d born
Febry 26th 
1791

Sophia born
Sept 2d
1793

Edward born
October 19
1795

Leonora born
February 24
1797

Mary born
March
12
1801

Motifs/Symbols:

Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Thread Condition:

Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Ink

Stitch Types:

Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 County: Middlesex State Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Death Date:	Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Death Location:	Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	object	object	object
	object	object	object
Marriages:
	Spouse: Samuel Skilton	Birth: U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930	Death: U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
	Date: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Place: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Children:

Lydia Skilton	Birth: Nov. 30, 1814	Death: May 7, 1904
Samuel D. Skilton	Birth: May 14, 1816	Death: Mar. 22, 1906
Elenor Malvina Skilton	Birth: May 27, 1818	Death:
Mary A Skilton	Birth: Jan. 13, 1820	Death:
Leonora A Skilton	Birth: Jan. 15, 1822	Death:
William Eustis Skilton	Birth: Jan. 23, 1824	Death:
Sarah C. Skilton	Birth: Apr. 10, 1862	Death:
James M. Skilton	Birth: May 2, 1833	Death:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Suzanne Courcier and Robert W Wilkins Relation to maker: none [dealer] Name: Sheila and Edwin Rideout Relation to maker: none
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): magazine staff Title: Publication/Publisher: American Spirit Magazine Date: Mar./Apr. 2011 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Learning is an Ornament: Schoolgirl Art and Education 1770 - 1850 Publication/Publisher: Piecework Magazine Date: Sep./Oct. 2004 Author(s): Peter Benes Title: Decorated Family Records from Coastal Massachusettes, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. In Families and Children: Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, 1985 Publication/Publisher: Boston: Boston University Date: 1987 Author(s): Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Eva Johnston Coe Title: American Samplers Publication/Publisher: Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America, p 28, 113 Date: 1921

Object Details

Lydia Russell, n.d.

Physical Characteristics

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