Object Details

Phebe Carpenter, c. 1820

Sampler Archive ID: SA001053
Maker: Phebe Carpenter
Maker Birthplace: Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age: 19-20+ years
Place Made: Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:Westtown Boarding School
Year Made: 1820-21
Decade Made: 1820-1829
Owner: Westtown School
Accession Number: S.37
Object Credit: Gift of Elsie Whitacre in 1945.
Contributor: Westtown School


Physical Characteristics

Object type: Sampler
Needlework techniques: Embroidery Darning
Shape: Wide rectangle
Object Dimensions: 8.25 H x 10.25 W (inches)
Framed Dimensions: There is no frame.
Borders: None
Decorative Bands: None
Dividing Lines: None
Enclosures:
Cartouches: No
Text types: Personal name, Place name, Maker signature
Text medium: Stitched
Phebe Carpenter
West Town
Motifs/Symbols:
Scenes/Pictures: None
Ground: Linen
Ground Condition: Wear:
Cleanliness: clean spotted
Loss: none noted
Thread: Silk
Thread Colors Front: Black, Tan
Thread Condition: Text: Moderate loss
Other Materials: None
Stitch Types: Cross, Chain, Straight
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:
City:
County: 1850 U.S. Federal Census on Ancestry.com
State 1850 U.S. Federal Census on Ancestry.com
Death Date:
Paterson/Robertson Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Death Location:
Paterson/Robertson Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Religion:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:
Carpenter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Carpenter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Carpenter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Student registers in Westtown School archives and Paterson/Robertson Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Carpenter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Carpenter Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Marriages:
Spouse: John ParkerBirth: Death:
Date: Oct. 10, 1849Place: Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:

Name: Elsie Whitacre of Pine Forge, Pennsylvania
Relation to maker:

Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:

Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks
Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers
Publication/Publisher: Westtown School
Date: 2015

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