Elizabeth Knight, 1820. #SA001155

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Elizabeth Knight, 1820

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001155
Maker:	Elizabeth Knight
Maker Birthplace:	Byberry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	13-15 years
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:	1820
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.138
Object Credit:	Gift of Lewis Rohrbach, Westtown School class of 1959, in December 2013.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Mostly square

Object Dimensions:

15 H x 17 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

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

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

An
Extract
When beauty's charms decay, as soon they must,
And all its glories humbled in the dust,
The virtous mind beyond the rage of time,
Shall ever blossom in a happier clime,
Whose never fading joys no tongue can tell,
Where everlasting youth and beauty dwell
Where pain and orrow never more shall move,
But all is pleasure harmony and love

Elizabeth Knight
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Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black

Thread Condition:

Text: Considerable loss

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross

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:	Find a Grave Index 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	U.S. Find a Grave Index on Ancestry.com	U.S. Find a Grave Index on Ancestry.com
	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, on Ancestry.com	The Knight Family in North American Family Histories on Ancestry.com	Ancestors.FamilySearch.org
Marriages:

Children:

Previous Owners:	Name: Lewis Rohrbach 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