Elizabeth Phillips, 1827. #SA000707

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Elizabeth Phillips, 1827

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000707
Maker:	Elizabeth Phillips
Maker Birthplace:	Dutchess, Fishkill County, New York
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York
Year Made:	1827
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Fenimore Art Museum
Accession Number:	N0024.1982
Object Credit:	Donor: Clayton and Eunice Weber
Contributor:	Fenimore Art Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

16.7 H x 16.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse or other block of text

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Like roses adorning the gardens in June
Or lillies on the bank. so youth in its bloom,
The blossoms will wither when cold winds do blow
It is so with the youth when death lays them low.
We've often seen those in the morning of life 
Whose manners were pleasing whose prospects were bright
Who made like the flowers that wither at noon
Are blasted by death and laid in the tomb
May you my young friend well consider your time
[May wisdom and prudence and meekness be thine]
From folly and vice may you ever depar[illegible]
Nor [rest of line illegible]
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May you [rest of line illegible]
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Elizabeth Phillips Motto Fishkill N.Y. Nov 1827

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant,

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Brown, Gold, Green, Tan

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Considerable loss
Symbols:

Other Materials:

Stitch Types:

Cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	cemetery records
Birth Location:	City: Dutchess County: Fishkill State: New York
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	Obituary, Town of Owego Newspaper, February 27, 1902
Religion:	Obituary, Town of Owego Newspaper, February 27, 1902
Parents:	cemetery records	Ancestry.com family trees	cemetery records
	cemetery records	cemetery records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: cemetery records Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA	Birth: cemetery records Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA	Death: cemetery records Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA
	Date: Ancestry.com family trees	Place: New York

Children:

Elias Phillip Storm	Birth: 1840	Death: 1912
Jane M. Storm	Birth: 1838	Death: 1921
Henrietta Storm	Birth: 1842	Death: 1864
John Curry Storm, Jr.	Birth: 1845	Death: 1896
George Wescott Storm	Birth: 1848	Death: 1931
James Egbert Storm	Birth: 1836	Death: 1907

Previous Owners:	Name: Clayton and Eunice Weber Relation to maker: uncertain
Conservation:
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Object Details