Doratha Rumer, 1803. #SA000297

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Doratha Rumer, 1803

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000297
Maker:	Doratha Rumer
Maker Birthplace:	Delaware
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	1803
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	2000.0065
Object Credit:	Museum purchase
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

23.10 H x 19.30 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Date, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

And when my Saviour calls me home
Still this my cry shall be ....... 
Hinder me not come welcome death 
I'll gladly go with the ..

Dora tha Rumer
Her work
In the year 1803

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Green, Pink, Rust, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Buttonhole, Chain, Eyelet, Irish, Knotted, Satin, Stem, Straight, couching, seed, fern?

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State Glora Seaman Allen, A Maryland Sampling, page 101
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	buried in Episcopal cemetery
Parents:	ancestry.com family trees	cemetery records	cemetery records
	ancestry.com family trees	Birth: 1730	ancestry.com family trees
Marriages:
	Spouse: John Rubencame	Birth:	Death:
	Date:	Place:

Children:

Maria Rubencame

Birth: Mar. 2, 1800

Death: July 5,1882

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850 Vol. II Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf Date: 1993

Object Details