Grace Stalker, 1805 . #SA001065

Image courtesy of Westtown School, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Grace Stalker, 1805

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001065
Maker:	Grace Stalker
Maker Birthplace:	Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1805
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.49
Object Credit:	Gift of Henry D. Downing Jr. (grandson of the maker) in 1949.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

10.25 H x 13.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

11.70 H x 14.20 W (inches)

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
Let me be careful to live near.
My sure unerring guide,
Begin the morning with this care,
And in this care abide.

West-Town Boarding School.
Grace Stalker.
1805.

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Gold

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Stem

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

Sources for the following information may be viewed by clicking on the links."

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Birth Name:	Downingtown Friends Meeting: An Early History of Quakers in the Great Valley by Francis G. Brown (Glenmoore, PA: Glenmoore Corporation, 1999)
Birthdate:	findagrave.com
Birth Location:	City: County: Crawford-White Family Tree on Ancestry.com State Crawford-White Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Death Date:	findagrave.com
Death Location:	findagrave.com
Religion:	Downingtown Friends Meeting: An Early History of Quakers in the Great Valley by Francis G. Brown (Glenmoore, PA: Glenmoore Corporation, 1999)
Parents:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
	Downingtown Friends Meeting: An Early History of Quakers in the Great Valley by Francis G. Brown (Glenmoore, PA: Glenmoore Corporation, 1999)	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	Death:
Marriages:
	Spouse: Joseph Miller Downing	Birth:	Death:
	Date: 1809	Place:

Children:

Thomas Stalker Downing	Birth: 1818	Death:
Deborah Downing	Birth: 1820	Death:

Previous Owners:	Name: Henry D. Downing of Glen Moore, Pennsylvania Relation to maker: great grandson
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: In Stitches: Unraveling Their Stories Host: Chester County Historical Society Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania Date: Dec. 2011 - Sep. 2012
Literature:	Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

Object Details