Hannah H. Bringhurst, n.d.. #SA000310

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Hannah H. Bringhurst, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000310
Maker:	Hannah Harlan Bringhurst
Maker Birthplace:	New Castle County, Delaware
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Delaware or Pennsylvania
Year Made:	Unknown
Decade Made:	1830-1839
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	2011.0036.002
Object Credit:	Gift of Philip W. Warner
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

18 H x 18 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Let gratitude in acts of goodness flow,
Our love to God, in love to man below.
Be this our joy..to calm the troubled breast,
Support the weak, and succour the distrest.

Hannah H Bringhurst

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Stained Spotted Rust (from tacking)
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Unsure

Thread Colors Front:

Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Red, Rust, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Moderate loss
Text: Intact
Symbols: Slight loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Queen or rococo, Straight

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object,History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901
Birthdate:	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 State U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Death Date:	Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933
Death Location:	Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933
Religion:	Quaker
Parents:	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901
	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901	History of the Bringhurst family; by Leach, Josiah Granville, 1842-1922. Published 1901
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Phillip Warner Relation to maker: descendant
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