Esther Canby, 1806. #SA001109

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Esther Canby, 1806

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001109
Maker:	Esther Canby
Maker Birthplace:	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1806
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.90
Object Credit:	Found in collection.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

13.50 H x 16.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

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

West-Town Boarding School
Esther Canby
1804

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Gold, Green, White

Thread Condition:

Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Long and short, Stem, 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: Wilmington County: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com State U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Parents:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	Birth:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	Birth:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:	Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Host: Chester County Historical Society 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