Sarah Holsworth, 1799. #SA000214

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Sarah Holsworth, 1799

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000214
Maker:	Sarah Holsworth
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Leah Galligher's School
Year Made:	1799
Decade Made:	1790-1799
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1957.0671
Object Credit:	Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Teacher Biography

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

16.20 H x 16.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

19.20 H x 19.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Maker signature, Family genealogy, Biography of teacher

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Leah Galligher and Rachel Armstrong the Daughters
of George and Sarah Bratten Was born at one 
birth near Wilmington Newcastle County State of 
DelaWare on the 23 day of May and was Bap
dzed in Wilmington Church by the Rev'd Mr. / Mccannon Anno Domini 1764 and Leah Bratten / Was Married to Francis Galligher by the Rev'd Mr. 
McCannon Anno Domini 1764 and Leah Brattan
was married to Francis Gallighar by the Rev'd  
Mr Stevonson on the 10 day of November 1791
and Rachel Bratten Was Married to William
Armstrong September 17 1793 by the same
Parson SteVonson L G opened School in Lancaster
on the first Day of May 1797 and had this
Sampler Made by one of her scholars viz Sarah
Holsworth in the year of our LORD 1799

Dear Saviour take the Childrens Hearts and Shoot 
thy LoVe's so fastning darts out of thy Heart
into them all that they May Love thee great and 
small. Think on the tears thy SerVant shed be
fore this School of babes We had the tears Which
still so freely run bring to the end What thoust
begun

Lancaster poorhouse

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric, Human made object, fruit baskets, paired hearts

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Large building (Lancaster poorhouse) in a yard with trees,

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Orange, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Chain, Long and short, Queen or rococo, Running, Satin, Straight

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Henry Francis du Pont Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: Winterthur Museum Date: 1962 Actions: Other actions: From Winterthur catalog notes: Frame earlier than picture which is dated 1799. Needlework was apparently originally backed with glazed linen held together with a narrow dark-green silk ribbon. Glazed linen and scraps of green ribbon removed. Rebacked on new white sateen. No washing or cleaning attempted in order to preserve what little color remains in the silk. October 1962.
Exhibitions:	Title: Who's Your Daddy? Families in Early American Needlework Host: Winterthur Museum Location: Winterthur, DE Date: Oct. 4, 2008 – Aug. 7, 2009 Title: Winterthur Museum Permanent Display Host: Winterthur Museum Location: Winterthur, DE Date: ongoing
Literature:	Author(s): Winterthur Museum Title: Who's Your Daddy? Families in Early American Needlework Publication/Publisher: Winterthur Museum (exhibition catalog) Date: 2008 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, Vol. II Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf, p. 415 Date: 1993 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework Publication/Publisher: New York: Crown Publishers, p. 16 Date: 1976

Object Details