Jane Elisabeth Smith, 1842. #SA000199

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Jane Elisabeth Smith, 1842

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000199
Maker:	Jane Elisabeth Smith
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	1842
Decade Made:	1840-1849
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	89.22
Object Credit:	Gift of Caroline Greene Look Lareuse
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

17.50 H x 12.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

21.00 H x 16.20 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

A sampler
resembles an
elegant mind
whose passion
by reason sub
dued and refin
ed moves only 
in lines of affec
tion and duty refl
ecting a picture 
of order and beauty

Jane EliSabeth Smith aged 7 years 1842

Motifs/Symbols:

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

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Intact
Symbols: Slight loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 34
Horizontal: 34

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:	unknown
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Caroline Greene Look Lareuse Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: Julia Brennan Date: 2004 Actions: cleaned, repaired, mounted on acid-free board, stored in acid-free paper, box, cabinet
Exhibitions:	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 Title: Telling Their Stories: 19th Century Samplers and Silk Needlework Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr. 11, 2008 – Aug. 30, 2008
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Object Details