Ann Jane Couper, 1824. #SA000289

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Ann Jane Couper, 1824

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000289
Maker:	Ann Jane Couper
Maker Birthplace:	New Castle County, Delaware
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Possibly New Castle County, Delaware
School/Teacher:	Deborah H.Mundall's Seminary
Year Made:	1824
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1993.0048
Object Credit:	Please Contact Winterthur Registrar's Office for Credit Line
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

17 H x 13 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Place name, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Unshaken as the sacred Hill
   And fixed as mountains stand
Shall rest the soul that does Gods will
And leans upon his Hand.

Ann Jane Couper's work done in the 11th year 
of her age D.H.M's Seminary New Castle 1824

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Rust, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Queen or rococo, Rice, Satin, Straight

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	tombstone
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: New Castle State: Delaware
Death Date:	tombstone
Death Location:	probably Delaware
Religion:	burial in Presbyterian cemetery
Parents:	Winterthur files	Winterthur files	Winterthur files
	Winterthur files	cemetery records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919	Birth: uncertia	Death: 1860 census lists wife and child living with her parents
	Date: Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919	Place: Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919

Children:

James Couper Kerr

Birth:

tombstone

Death:

tombstone

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Linda Eaton Title: Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection Publication/Publisher: Abrams Books Date: 2007

Object Details