Elizabeth Price, c. 1814. #SA001117

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Elizabeth Price, c. 1814

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001117
Maker:	Elizabeth Price
Maker Birthplace:	Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Pennsylvania County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	c. 1814
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.99
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:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

15.00 H x 15.00 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Verse or other block of text, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Extract
Sweet is the scene when virtue dies,
When sinks the righteous soul to rest:
How mildly beam the closing eyes;
How gently heaves the expiring breast!

So fades a summer cloud away;
So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;
So gently shuts the eye of day;
So dies the wave along the shore.

Conscious virtue braves despair.
Triumphs most when most opprest.

Elizabeth Price.
Weston

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Green

Thread Condition:

Text: Moderate loss
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:	Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of Cheltenham, Pennsylvania on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	City: County: 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:	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
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Ruth and Charles Perera Relation to maker:
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