Mary B. Cope, 1812. #SA001025

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Mary B. Cope, 1812

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001025
Maker:	Mary B Cope
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1812
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.8
Object Credit:	Gift of Rebecca G. Passmore, niece of the maker, in April 1883.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

9.5 H x 13.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Extract
When beauty's charms decay as soon they must,
And all its glories humbled in the dust,
The virtuous mind beyond the reach of time,
Shall ever blossom in a happier clime.
Whose never fading joy no tongue can tell,
Where everlasting youth, and beauty dwell;
Where pain and sorrow, never more shall move
But all is pleasure, harmony and love.

Mary B. Cope. Weston.
1812.

Motifs/Symbols:

Celestial, Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Borders: Considerable loss
Text: Moderate loss
Symbols: Moderate loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	A Record of the Cope Family... by Gilbert Cope (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861)
Birthdate:	A Record of the Cope Family... by Gilbert Cope (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861)
Birth Location:	City: County: State:
Death Date:	A Record of the Cope Family... by Gilbert Cope (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861)
Death Location:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:	Mother: Elizabeth Blackford	Birth:	Death:
	A Record of the Cope Family... by Gilbert Cope (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861)	Birth: Oct. 1, 1756	Death: Mar. 22, 1837
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Rebecca G. Cope Passmore Relation to maker: niece
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

Object Details

Mary B. Cope, 1812

Physical Characteristics

Maker History

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