Fanny Canby, 1804. #SA001121

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Fanny Canby, 1804

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001121
Maker:	Frances Canby
Maker Birthplace:	Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Maker Age:	10-12 years
Place Made:	Delaware
School/Teacher:	Brandywine School
Year Made:	1804
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.103
Object Credit:	Gift of the estate of Marion Walters Wing in 1991.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

18.00 H x 17.75 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

19.70 H x 19.50 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Garland
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Bwine School

Within my heart may virtue reign
With lowly humble mind
And passion reason mild restrain
Ah then content I'll find

When this you see
Remember me

Vain is alike the joy we feel
And vain what we posses
Unless harmonious reason tunes
The passions into peace

To crown doth my age and my youth
Let me mark were religion is trod
Since nothing but virtue and truth
Can reach to the throne of my God

Fanny 
Canbys work in 
The 11th year of
her age 1804

He to my every trial knows
Its just restraint to give
Attentive to behold my woes
And faithful to relieve

Motifs/Symbols:

Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Cotton

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Gold, Green, Red, Tan, White

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Satin, Straight, Tent

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:	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania County: The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania State The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania
Death Date:	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania
Death Location:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania	The Ancestry & Posterity of John Lea of Christian, Malfod, Wiltshire, England and of Pennsylvania
Marriages:

Children:

Edward Clement

Birth:

Death:

Previous Owners:	Name: Marion Walters Wing (estate of) 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 Title: Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroideries 1750-1850 Host: Biggs Museum of American Art Location: Dover, Delaware Date: May-July 2018
Literature:	None Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Sampers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

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Fanny Canby, 1804

Physical Characteristics

Maker History

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