Martha Taylor, 1797. #SA000280

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Martha Taylor, 1797

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000280
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:	1797
Decade Made:	1790-1799
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1991.0005
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

17.20 H x 17.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Alphabet, Place name, Date, Verse, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Martha Taylor daughter of James and
Elizabeth Taylor s Was Born in Septem
29 1785 and Made this Sampler in the 12
year of her age in Mrss Galligher.s School
in the year of our Lord 1797 March 2

Martha-Taylor is my
name Lancaster is
my Habtation Octor
ara is my dwelling
place & christ is my
Salvation the rose is red the leaves are

Green the days are
past that I have seem
when I am dead & In
my grave & all my
bones are rotten
when this you see
remember me Adieu

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric, Human made object, 13 blocks. Two with vase and flowers; two with plant with berries; two with basket of fruit; two plant as previous plant but berries are in different

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Gold, Green, Pink, Red, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Buttonhole, Chain, Eyelet, Queen or rococo, Satin, Stem, Straight, Buttonhole eyelets

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	other needlework by same maker
Birthdate:	other needlework by same maker
Birth Location:	Winterthur files County: Winterthur files State Winterthur files
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	other needlework by same maker	Birth:	Death:
	other needlework by same maker	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): Ivor Noel-Hume Title: If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery Publication/Publisher: Chipstone Date: 2001 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. II Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf Date: 1993

Object Details