Phebe Bratton, 1805. #SA000249

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Phebe Bratton, 1805

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000249
Maker:	Phebe Bratton
Maker Birthplace:	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Mrs. Armstrong's School, Lancaster, PA
Year Made:	1805
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1970.0098
Object Credit:	Gift of Miss Elizabeth Hudson in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Francis du Pont
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

18.20 H x 18.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Frame, Sawtooth oval around vigneette of woman with lamb and bird in right hand.
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse, Maker signature, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Phebe Bratton Daughter of James and
Isabella Bratton was born March 13 1783
and made this Sampler in Mrs Armstrongs
School Lancaster in the year of our Lord-1805.

Teach me the measure of my days
Thou maker of my frame
I would survey lifes narrow space
And learn how frail I am.

Phebe Bratton 1805

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Birds and insects, Celestial, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object, Face of sheep, arm and face of man and wreath on his head are painted.

Scenes/Pictures:

Allegorical or symbolic, scene of woman sitting on mound with lamb in right hand and a bird perched on her left hand

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Rust, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint

Stitch Types:

Cross, Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, Split, Cross over four

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

Sources for the following information may be viewed by clicking on the links."

Sources for unlinked items are coming soon.

Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914 State Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Death Date:	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wort
Death Location:	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html
	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html	DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE EPHRAIM BRATTON rootswebhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~worths/brown/georgebratton.html
Marriages:
	Spouse: tombstone	Birth: cemetery records	Death: cemetery records
	Date: ancestry.com family trees	Place:

Children:

Rebecca Jane Brown

Birth: Oct. 25, 1817

Death: Aug. 24, 1899

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Miss Elizabeth Hudson Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:
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): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850 Publication/Publisher: Curious Works Press, pp. 188-189 Date: 1995 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. Vol. II Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf, p. 41 Date: 1993 Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850 Publication/Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, p. 53 Date: 1977

Object Details