Lydia Williams, 1806. #SA001115

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Lydia Williams, 1806

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001115
Maker:	Lydia Williams
Maker Birthplace:	Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	13-15 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.97
Object Credit:	Gift of Ruth Brinton Perera, Westtown class of 1920, and Charles Perera in 1984.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Oval

Object Dimensions:

9 H x 11.5 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche, Cartouche is undulating oval vine with diamond-shape leaves.
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
From Thee is all that soothes the life of man.
His high endeavour, and his glad success,
His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
But oh! thou bounteous giver of all good,
Thou art of all thy gifts, thyself the crown!
Give what thou canst without thee we are poor,
And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.

West-Town Boarding School.
Lydia Williams.
1806

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

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:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Death Location:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Parents:	Williams Family Tree on Ancestry.com	Williams Family Tree on Ancestry.com	Williams Family Tree on Ancestry.com
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	Williams Family Tree on Ancestry.com	Williams Family Tree on Ancestry.com
Marriages:
	Spouse: Griffith Lewis	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Dec. 9, 1789	Place: Goshen Monthly Meeting, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Ruth and Charles Perera 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

Object Details