Sarah Wayne, 1787. #SA000238

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Sarah Wayne, 1787

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000238
Maker:	Sarah Wayne
Maker Birthplace:	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Year Made:	1787
Decade Made:	1780-1789
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1964.0840
Object Credit:	Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Lacework or Cutwork

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

7.25 H x 7.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

sarah wayn 1787

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Unsure

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Spotted Rust (from tacking)
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Unsure

Thread Colors Front:

White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Moderate loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Buttonhole, Satin, needlelace

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object, Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Birthdate:	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Birth Location:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 County: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 State U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Death Date:	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Death Location:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Religion:	Member of Arch Street Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.
Parents:	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
	Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1709-60	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Henry Francis du Pont Relation to maker: none
Conservation:	Conservator: Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE Date: 1975 Actions: Other actions: The sampler is in a contemporary black-painted wood frame, but was cleaned and remounted in the Conservation Lab in June 1975
Exhibitions:	Title: Samplers: Skills and Sentiments Host: University Hospital Antiques Show Location: Philadelphia, PA Date: Apr. 23, 1979 – Apr. 28, 1979 Title: Winterthur Museum Permanent Display Host: Winterthur Museum Location: Winterthur, DE Date: ongoing
Literature:	Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850 Publication/Publisher: Curious Works Press, p. 139 Date: 1995 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850 Publication/Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, p. 130 Date: 1977 Author(s): Uncertain Title: Publication/Publisher: The Magazine Antiques, pp. 212-214 Date: Sep. 1927 Author(s): Thomas Allen Glenn Title: Some Colonial Mansions and Those Who Lived in Them: With Genealogies of the Various Families Mentioned Publication/Publisher: Philadelphia: H.T. Coates & Co., p. 325 Date: 1900

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Sarah Wayne, 1787

Physical Characteristics

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