Esther Warrington, 1808. #SA001149

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Esther Warrington, 1808

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001149
Maker:	Esther Warrington
Maker Birthplace:	Chestertown, Burlington County, New Jersey
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1808
Decade Made:	1800-1809
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.131
Object Credit:	Gift of the estate of Esther Duke van Arkel, Westtown School class of 1938, in 2005.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

10.00 H x 11.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

12.70 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
Not always must we think while here to share
Pleasures unmingled with corroding care,
The rose its thorn, the sweet its bitter yields,
And blended good and ill, spread o'er life's fields.

Yield to the Lord with simple heart
All that thou hast, and all thou art,
Renounce all strength but strength divine,
And peace shall be forever thine.

West-Town Boarding School.
Esther Warrington.
1808

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained spotted
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Borders: Slight loss
Text: Slight loss
Symbols: Slight loss

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:	notice in The Friend, 1881
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	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Esther Duke Pruett van Arkel 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