Mary Elizabeth Fearson, n.d.. #SA000202

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Mary Elizabeth Fearson, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000202
Maker:	Mary Elizabeth Fearson
Maker Birthplace:	Washington, District of Columbia
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Washington, District of Colombia
School/Teacher:	Miss Boote's Seminary Georgetown
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1840-1849
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	91.291
Object Credit:	Museum purchase William H. Bunch Auctioneer
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

21.20 H x 17.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

25.00 H x 20.70 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

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:

Behold fond youth that busy bee
How swift she flies from tree to tree
Extracting flowry sweets
Thus cheerful all the day she'll roam
At evening seek her much lov'd home
To treasure all she meets

Full well she knows that winter keen
Must come to blast this painted scene
With famine on its wing
Her prudent labours find repose
Nor winter cold nor want she knows
Till time renews the spring

Mary Elizabeth Fearson's
sampler
__  years

Worked at Miss Bootes's
Seminary Georgetown
Nov 23rd 18__

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Green, Pink, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Four sided, Long arm cross, Queen or rococo, Rice

Thread Count:

Vertical: 34
Horizontal: 34

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	Georgetown Genealogy website
Birth Location:	family history, census records 1850 County: unknown State family history, census records 1850
Death Date:	tombstone
Death Location:	newspaper records
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	District of Columbia Marriages, 1811- 1950	tombstone	cemetary records
	tombstone	tombstone	tombstone, Georgetown Courier newspaper death notices
Marriages:
	Spouse: marriage records	Birth: family history	Death:
	Date: DC marriage records	Place: DC Marriage records

Children:

Frederick Fearson Jones

Birth: Dec. 18, 1858

Death: Dec. 18, 1858

Object History

Previous Owners:
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1991 Actions: 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
Literature:	Author(s): Gloria Seaman Allen Title: Columbia's Daughters: Girlhood Embroidery from the District of Columbia Publication/Publisher: Chesapeake Book Company Date: 2013 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 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: An Important Branch of Female Education: Needlework in the District of Columbia 1800-1850 Publication/Publisher: Historic Alexandria Antiques Show Catalog, pp. 44-49 Date: 1994

Object Details