Sarah D. Powell, 1833. #SA001152

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Sarah D. Powell, 1833

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001152
Maker:	Sarah Dutton Powell
Maker Birthplace:	Upper Providence, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Burlington County, New Jersey
Year Made:	1833
Decade Made:	1830-1839
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.133
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, Family Record or Register, Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

16.75 H x 20.00 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

18.70 H x 22.00 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Cartouche, Garland, Frame
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Verse or other block of text, Verse, Maker signature, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Isaac & Susanna Powell
The grass is green the rose is red
My name is here when I am dead
And    each line you then do see
I with my Saviour hope to be

This work I leave to those I love
When I have flown to worlds above
Where all my sorrow will be o'er
Where friends will meet to part no more

Sarah D Powell
1833

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Domestic, house & yard

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness:
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Cotton

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Pink, Red, Rust, Tan, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Chain, Satin, Back stitch

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:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com
Parents:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania preceded by a History of the Family in England ... (compiled by Gilbert Cope, printed in 1871)	Family Tree supplied by donor
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	Genealogy of the Dutton Family of Pennsylvania preceded by a History of the Family in England ... (compiled by Gilbert Cope, printed in 1871)
Marriages:

Children:

Susan Leeds

Birth: 1850

Death:

Previous Owners:	Name: Esther Duke Pruett van Arkel 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