Ruthey Putnam, 1778. #SA000266

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Ruthey Putnam, 1778

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000266
Maker:	Ruth Putnam
Maker Birthplace:	Massachusetts
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
School/Teacher:	Sarah Stivour's School
Year Made:	1778
Decade Made:	1770-1779
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1986.0164.001
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

16.90 H x 14.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

22.20 H x 20.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Personal name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

R.P.

Ruthey Putnam her
sampler wrought Nov
ember the 27 1778 in
the 10 year of her age

LORD I ADDRESS ThY hEAVENLY ThRONECcALL ME A ChILD OF ThINE SEND DOWN THE SPIRIT OF ThY SON TO FORM MY hEART DIVINE

IN ThY FAIR BOOk OF LIFE DIVINE MY GOD INSCRIBE MY NAME AND LET IT FILL SOME HUMBLE PLACE BENEATH ThE SLAUThTERED LAMB

Sarah Stivours School MAM

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric, Human figure

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, pastoral scene with central tree flanked by sheep and dog(s) andshepherd and shepherdess

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

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

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Hemstitch, Knotted, Satin, Stem, Straight

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object,Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Birthdate:	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Death Date:	The Driver Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mas
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	Mother: Sarah Hodges	Birth: Jul. 30, 1740	U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930
	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 PRINTED FOR THE FAMILY BY FRANK H. HODGES. 1896	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Marriages:
	Spouse: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Birth: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Death: The Driver Family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Robert and Phebe Driver, of Lynn, Mass. With an Appendix, Containing Twenty-three Allied Families. 1592-1887, 1889 - Lynn (Mass.)
	Date: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Place: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Children:

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Susan Burrows Swan Title: Plain & Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850 Publication/Publisher: Curious Works Press Date: 1995 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 Vol. I Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf Date: 1993 Author(s): Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett Title: The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection of American Samplers Publication/Publisher: The Magazine Antiques Date: 1978

Object Details