Elizabeth Pyle, 1808. #SA001032

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Elizabeth Pyle, 1808

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001032
Maker:	Elizabeth Pyle
Maker Birthplace:	London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	13-15 years
Place Made:	Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1808
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.16
Object Credit:	Gift of unknown donor in 1922.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

10.25 H x 13 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:

West-Town Boarding School.
Elizabeth Pyle.
1808.

Extract
Let's join to bless that power who brought us here,
Adore his goodness, and his will revere,
Asurd that peace exists but in the mind,
And piety alone that peace can find.

Virtue, the strength and beauty of the soul,
Is the best gift of heaven; a happiness,
That, even above the smiles and frowns of fate
Exalts great nature's favourites; it is the only good,
Man justly boasts of, or can call his own.

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

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

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birthdate:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com County: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com State U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Death Date:	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.
Death Location:	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.
	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	A Genealogy of the Darlington Family: A Record of the Descendants of Abraham Darlingon of Birmingham, Chester County, Penna ... (Gilbert Cope, 1900) in North America, Family HIstories, 1500-2000 on Ancestry.com.
Marriages:
	Spouse: Thomas Williamson	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Mar. 16, 1820	Place: Bradford Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Children:

Phebe Williamson	Birth: 1820	Death: 1893
Passmore Williamson	Birth: 1822	Death: 1895
Anna L. Williamson	Birth: 1824	Death: 1907
Mary Williamson	Birth: 1826	Death: 1899
a son	Birth: 1828	Death: 1828
Isaac P. Williamson	Birth: 1830	Death: 1846
Rest Cope Williamson	Birth: May 8, 1832	Death: Aug. 18, 1832

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Brooks, Mary Uhl Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

Object Details