Mary King, 1754. #SA000243

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Mary King, 1754

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000243
Maker:	Mary King
Maker Birthplace:	New Jersey
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Year Made:	1754
Decade Made:	1750-1759
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1966.0978
Object Credit:	Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

18.20 H x 24.10 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

21.00 H x 27.20 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Frame, Couched frame around name and year.
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

   1754 
Mary King

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Birds and insects, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained Spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Metal

Thread Colors Front:

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

Thread Condition:

Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Beads

Stitch Types:

Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, couching, padded satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	cemetery records
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Protestant
Parents:	Mother: uncertain	Birth:	Death:
	Father: uncertain	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:
	Spouse: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915	Birth: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915	Death: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915
	Date: New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802	Place: New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802

Children:

Sarah Turner	Birth: 1763	Death: before 1768
Peter Turner	Birth: 1769	Death: Jan. 11, 1793
Mary Turner	Birth: 1770	Death: Oct. 10, 1822

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Henry Francis du Pont Relation to maker: none
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: Winterthur Museum Permanent Display Host: Winterthur Museum Location: Winterthur, DE Date: Ongoing
Literature:	Author(s): Jack L. Lindsey Title: Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758 Publication/Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art, p. 225. Date: 1999 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850 Publication/Publisher: Curious Works Press, p. 87 Date: 1995 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. Vol. I Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf, , p. 356 Date: 1993 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850 Publication/Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, , p. 81 Date: 1977

Object Details

Mary King, 1754

Physical Characteristics

Maker History

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