Esther Maxwell, 1817. #SA000713

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Esther Maxwell, 1817

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000713
Maker:	Esther Maxwell
Maker Birthplace:	Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Unadilla, Otsego County, New York
Year Made:	1817
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Fenimore Art Museum
Accession Number:	N0084.1958
Object Credit:	Donor: Claudine Munro
Contributor:	Fenimore Art Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Family Record or Register

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

15.2 H x 12 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Place name, Date

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Esther Maxwell Her 
Sampler Unadilla July 21 
1817 She Was Born De
cember 10 1806 Moses
B Maxwell Was Born 
September 13 1791 Mille
Maxwell Was Born March 9 
17[9]4 She Departed This 
Life April 4 1798

Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Unsure

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Moderate loss

Other Materials:

Stitch Types:

Cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 0
Horizontal: 0

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object
Birthdate:	object
Birth Location:	City: Rutland County: Rutland State: Vermont
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.
Religion:
Parents:	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.
	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.	Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data , vol. 1, First Seven Generations (Hartford, CT: Chapin Family Association), 479.
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Edna Victoria Johnson Bedell [1881-195702 Relation to maker: unknown Name: Claudine Bedell Munro Relation to maker:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Brian J. Richards Title: Death is a Debt to Nature Due: Esther Maxwell's Sampler, Unadilla, New York, 1817 Publication/Publisher: Date: 2007

Object Details