Sarah Knowles, 1736. #SA000308

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Sarah Knowles, 1736

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000308
Maker:	Sarah Knowles
Maker Birthplace:	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Pennsylvania
Year Made:	1736
Decade Made:	1730-1739
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	2011.0013
Object Credit:	Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund.
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

9.25 H x 8.25 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

11.00 H x 10.00 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Personal name, Personal initials, Date, Verse, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Francis Knowles and Sarah Knowles and John Knowles and Ann Knowles Thomas Gilpin
Hannah Gilpin SS EI AKI NI HL MK 
IK AS AO IS

Francis and Sarah Knowles My Parents Dear 
Paid For This Which I Have Heare When Land is Gon And Money Spent Then Larning Is Most Exterem

Sarah Knowles her Work done in the 13 Year Of her 
age 1736

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Thread Condition:

Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Object,U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Birthdate:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Birth Location:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 County: Philadelphia State U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Death Date:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Death Location:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Religion:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Parents:	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	Lloyd Manuscripts: Genealogics of the Families of Awbrey-Vaughan, Blunston, Burbeck, Garrett, Gibbons, Heacock, Hodge, Houlston, Howard, Hunt, Jarman, Jenkin-Griffith, Jones, Knight, Knowles, Lloyd, N	Lloyd Manuscripts: Genealogics of the Families of Awbrey-Vaughan, Blunston, Burbeck, Garrett, Gibbons, Heacock, Hodge, Houlston, Howard, Hunt, Jarman, Jenkin-Griffith, Jones, Knight, Knowles, Lloyd, N
	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935	Lloyd Manuscripts: Genealogics of the Families of Awbrey-Vaughan, Blunston, Burbeck, Garrett, Gibbons, Heacock, Hodge, Houlston, Howard, Hunt, Jarman, Jenkin-Griffith, Jones, Knight, Knowles, Lloyd, N	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Miss Elizabeth J. Hopkins Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Ethel Stanwood Bolton, Eva Johnston Coe Title: American Samplers Publication/Publisher: Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames of America Date: 1921

Object Details