Phebe Prout, 1827. #SA000731

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Phebe Prout, 1827

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000731
Maker:	Phebe Prout
Maker Birthplace:	New York
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Windham, New York
Year Made:	August 1st, 1827
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Fenimore Art Museum
Accession Number:	N0412.1972
Object Credit:	Donor: Miss Phoebe Prout Smith
Contributor:	Fenimore Art Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

11.2 H x 12.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Alphabet, Number series, Personal name, Personal initials, Place name, Date, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

P. P
Phebe Prout's Sampler made in the 10th 
year of her age Windham August 1st 1827

A B P L H
          ES

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric,

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Brown, Tan

Thread Condition:

Borders:
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Half cross

Thread Count:

Vertical: 39
Horizontal: 39

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Sampler, cemetery records
Birthdate:	cemetery records
Birth Location:	City: County: State: New York
Death Date:	cemetery records
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:
Parents:	MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct. from 1650 to 1800 with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families. Charles Collard Adams New York: Grafton Press, 1908	cemetery records	cemetery records
	MIDDLETOWN UPPER HOUSES a history of the north society of Middletown, Ct. from 1650 to 1800 with genealogical and biographical chapters on early families. Charles Collard Adams New York: Grafton Press, 1908	cemetery records	cemetery records
Marriages:
	Spouse: The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America, Containing More Than Fifteen Hundred Families in America ...John Harvey Treat Salem Press publishing & printing Company, 1893	Birth: cemetery records Pleasant Valley Cemetery Ashland, Greene County, New York, USA	Death: cemetery records Pleasant Valley Cemetery Ashland, Greene County, New York, USA
	Date: The Treat Family: A Genealogy of Trott, Tratt, and Treat for Fifteen Generations, and Four Hundred and Fifty Years in England and America, Containing More Than Fifteen Hundred Families in America ...John Harvey Treat Salem Press publishing & printing Company, 1893	Place: New York

Children:

Helen Barlow

Birth: Apr. 4, 1842

Death: 1915

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Mary Straughn Smith [1863-?] Relation to maker: granddaughter Name: Phoebe Prout Smith [1891-1981] Relation to maker: great grandaughter Name: Helen Barlow Straughn [1842-1915] Relation to maker: daughter
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): C. Kurt Dewhurst and Marsha MacDowell Title: Artists in Aprons: Folk Art by American Women Publication/Publisher: Date: 1979 Author(s): Ethal Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe Title: American Samplers Publication/Publisher: Date: 1973

Object Details

Phebe Prout, 1827

Physical Characteristics

Maker History

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