Elizabeth B. Culin, 1820. #SA000247

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Elizabeth B. Culin, 1820

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000247
Maker:	Elizabeth B. Culin
Maker Birthplace:	Salem County, New Jersey
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
School/Teacher:	Wilmington Boarding School
Year Made:	1820
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1969.0771
Object Credit:	Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery Darning

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

8.125 H x 8.875 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Elizabeth B. Culin
     18     20
Wilmington Boarding - School

Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Wool Cotton

Thread Colors Front:

Black, White

Thread Condition:

Text: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Darning

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	ancestry.com family trees
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: ancestry.com family trees State ancestry.com family trees
Death Date:	ancestry.com family trees
Death Location:	ancestry.com family trees
Religion:	Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985
Parents:	BI-CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF JEREMIAH CARTER WHO CAME TO THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1682,CONTAINING A HISTORIC-GENEALOGY OF HIS DESCENDANTS DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. By THOMAS-MAXWELL POTTS	cemetery records	cemetery records
	BI-CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF JEREMIAH CARTER WHO CAME TO THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1682,CONTAINING A HISTORIC-GENEALOGY OF HIS DESCENDANTS DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. By THOMAS-MAXWELL POTTS	cemetery records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records	Birth: Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records	Death: ancestry.com family trees
	Date:	Place:
	Spouse: BI-CENTENARY MEMORIAL OF JEREMIAH CARTER WHO CAME TO THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN 1682,CONTAINING A HISTORIC-GENEALOGY OF HIS DESCENDANTS DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME. By THOMAS-MAXWELL POTTS	Birth: ancestry.com family trees	Death:
	Date: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985	Place: Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985

Children:

Anna Eliza Angelow	Birth: Sep. 17, 1812	Death: Jan. 1, 1888
George Angelow	Birth: 1817	Death: Aug. 1, 1820
Deborah Angelow	Birth:	Death: 1817
Henrietta Avery	Birth: Nov. 11, 1835	Death: May 6, 1900

Previous Owners:	Name: Henry Francis du Pont Relation to maker: none
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers and Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, Vol. II Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf, p. 490 Date: 1993 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework Publication/Publisher: New York: Crown Publishers, p. 18 Date: 1976

Object Details