Sampler Archive ID: | SA000201 |
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Maker: | Ann Cox |
Maker Birthplace: | Unknown |
Maker Age: | years |
Place Made: | |
Year Made: | 1774 |
Decade Made: | 1770-1779 |
Owner: | DAR Museum |
Accession Number: | 89.35.1 |
Object Credit: | Gift of Thelma Morgan Clark |
Contributor: | DAR Museum |
Object type: | Sampler | |||||
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Needlework techniques: | Embroidery | |||||
Shape: | Tall rectangle | |||||
Object Dimensions: | 16.50 H x 12.00 W (inches) | |||||
Framed Dimensions: | 18.00 H x 13.50 W (inches) | |||||
Borders: | 2 | |||||
Decorative Bands: | None | |||||
Dividing Lines: | 5 | |||||
Enclosures: |
Frame
Cartouches: Yes | |||||
Text types: | Personal name, Date, Verse, Maker signature, Memorial, Christian prayer, creed and commandments. | |||||
Text medium: | Stitched | |||||
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Motifs/Symbols: | Animals, Human made object | |||||
Scenes/Pictures: | None | |||||
Ground: | Linen | |||||
Ground Condition: |
Wear: Cleanliness: Clean Loss: none noted |
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Thread: | Silk | |||||
Thread Colors Front: | Blue, Brown, Green, Tan | |||||
Thread Condition: |
Borders: Slight loss Text: Slight loss Symbols: Slight loss |
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Other Materials: | None | |||||
Stitch Types: | Cross, Buttonhole, Chain, Eyelet, Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, outline | |||||
Thread Count: |
Vertical: 51 Horizontal: 47 |
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Birth Location: |
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Death Location: | unknown | ||
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Previous Owners: | Name: Thelma Morgan Clark [ Mrs. S. Albert Clark] Name: Inez Fetterolf Morgan [Mrs. George Fetterolf] Name: Emma Strait Fetterolf |
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Conservation: |
None
Conservator: Cynthia Gompert |
Exhibitions: |
Title: Adopt an Object Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Oct. 2, 1991 – Apr. 30, 1992 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 |
Literature: |
Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam |