Martha Taylor, 1798. #SA000279

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Martha Taylor, 1798

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000279
Maker:	Martha Taylor
Maker Birthplace:	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Mrs. Galligher's School
Year Made:	1798
Decade Made:	1790-1799
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1991.0004
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Needlework techniques:

Shape:

Tall rectangle Top and bottom edges are outside the sight area of

Object Dimensions:

14.10 H x 7.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Verse, Memorial, Description of maker, school and teacher.

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Martha * Taylor Made 
this Sampler in the 12 
Year of her age in  
Mrss * Galligher.s School 
by her Direction in the 
year of our LORD 
1798

And must this body die 
this mortal frame deca 
And must these active 
limbs of mine lie 
mouldring in the clay

Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Gold, Green, Pink, Red, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Satin, Some dividing lines - found BLH

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	Winterthur files County: Lancaster State Winterthur files
Death Date:
Death Location:
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	object	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Elizabeth Oat Rockwell 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
Literature:	Author(s): Jennifer Van Horn Title: Samplers, Gentility, and the Middling Sort Publication/Publisher: Winterthur Portfolio, 40, pp. 219-248 Date: 2005

Object Details