Jane Williams Clopper, 1806. #SA000287

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Jane Williams Clopper, 1806

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000287
Maker:	Jane Williams Clopper
Maker Birthplace:	Baltimore, Maryland
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Possibly New Castle County, Delaware
Year Made:	1806
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1992.0017
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

21.75 H x 15 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Do you my Fair endeavour to possess 
An elegance of mind as well as dress 
Be that your ornament and know to please 
By graceful natures unaffected ease.

Do you my Fair endeavour to possess 
An elegance of mind as well as dress 
Be that your ornament and know to please 
By graceful natures unaffected ease.

Aged[] Jane Williams Clopper[] 11 year
             1806

Motifs/Symbols:

Architectural, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Pink, Rust

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Four sided, Queen or rococo, Rice, borders

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995
Birthdate:	Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995
Birth Location:	Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 County: unknown State Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995
Death Date:	Obituary published in the Baltimore Sun newspaper
Death Location:	Obituary published in the Baltimore Sun newspaper
Religion:	Membership records New Castle Presbyterian Church
Parents:	Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970	ancestry.com family trees	Death: Before 1799
	Maryland, Births and Christenings, 1650-1995	ancestry.com family trees	Remarriage date of second wife
Marriages:
	Spouse: Janvier Family Genealogy Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts, Winterthur Library Written by William Bradford Janvier	Birth: Janvier Family Genealogy Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts, Winterthur Library Written by William Bradford Janvier	Death:
	Date: Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970	Place: Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970

Children:

Rebecca Janice Janvier	Birth: Feb. 20, 1820	Death: May 14, 1880
Ferdinand Janvier	Birth: May 1822	Death: 1908
Sarah Golden Janvier	Birth: Jun. 15, 1826	Death: Dec. 25, 1898
William Edward Janvier	Birth: Feb. 28, 1831	Death: Nov. 5, 1911
Reuben Philip Janvier	Birth: Mar. 13, 1833	Death: Aug. 2, 1889
Jane Clopper Janvier	Birth: Apr. 21, 1829	Death: 1889
Martha Elizabeth Janvier	Birth: Aug. 25, 1837	Death: Apr. 28, 1915
Mary Susanna Janvier	Birth: May 11, 1834	Death: Mar. 23, 1904

Previous Owners:	Name: Mrs. Mabel Beardsley Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): L. Corwin Sharp Title: The Janvier Family of Cabinetmakers of Odessa, Delaware Publication/Publisher: Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware Date: 1980

Object Details