Elizebeth Tunnicliff, 1791. #SA000275

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Elizebeth Tunnicliff, 1791

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000275
Maker:	Elizabeth Tunnicliff
Maker Birthplace:	Albany, Albany County, New York
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	New York
Year Made:	1791
Decade Made:	1790-1799
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1989.0020
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

20.20 H x 16.20 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

23.00 H x 16.20 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

ELIZABETH TUNNICLIFF
HER WORK DONE IN 1791

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object, Religious, Adam & Eve, Solomon's Temple

Scenes/Pictures:

Mourning or memorial, Religious or Biblical

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Pink, Rust, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Stem, Straight, Tent

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Object; New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
Birthdate:	New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
Birth Location:	New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 County: Albany State New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Lutheran Church baptismal records
Parents:	New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962	cemetery records	cemetery records
	New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962	cemetery records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: cemetery records	Birth: cemetery records	Death: cemetery records
	Date: ancestry.com family trees	Place: New York

Children:

Elizabeth Tunnicliff	Birth: Jan. 30, 1803	Death: Jul. 22, 1846
Jonathon Tunnicliff	Birth: May 19, 1804	Death:
Walter Smith Tunnicliff	Birth: May 2, 1806	Death: Dec. 4, 1880
Edwin Tunnicliff	Birth: Feb. 13, 1810	Death: Nov. 18, 1865
Hudson Tunnicliff	Birth: Aug. 7, 1811	Death:

Previous Owners:	Name: CAROL STEP HUBER Relation to maker: uncertain
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

Object Details