Object Details

Mary Ann Green, c. 1816

Sampler Archive ID: SA001163
Maker: Mary Ann Green
Maker Birthplace: Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware
Maker Age: 13-15 years
Place Made: Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:Westtown Boarding School
Year Made: c. 1816
Decade Made: 1810-1819
Owner: Westtown School
Accession Number: G.4
Object Credit: Gift of Hannah R. Grubb in February 1947.
Contributor: Westtown School


Physical Characteristics

Object type: Map or Globe
Needlework techniques: Embroidery
Shape: Sphere
Object Dimensions: No dimensions for object
Framed Dimensions: There is no frame.
Borders: None
Decorative Bands: None
Dividing Lines: None
Enclosures:
Cartouches: No
Text types: Number series, Place name
Text medium: Handwritten
Motifs/Symbols:
Scenes/Pictures: None
Ground: Linen
Ground Condition: Wear:
Cleanliness: stained surface dirt
Loss: none noted
Thread: Silk
Thread Colors Front: Green, Tan
Thread Condition: Borders: Considerable loss
Symbols: Considerable loss
Other Materials: Paint, Ink
Stitch Types: Running, Catch stitch. Laid and couched.
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:
Pennsylvania, U.S. Death Certificates 1906-1967 on Ancestry.com
County: Pennsylvania, U.S. Death Certificates 1906-1967 on Ancestry.com
State Pennsylvania, U.S. Death Certificates 1906-1967 on Ancestry.com
Death Date:
Delaware, U.S. Death Records, 1861-1933
Death Location:
Delaware, U.S. Death Records, 1861-1933
Religion:
U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Parents:
U.S. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol. I-VI
Birth: Death:
U.S. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol. I-VI
Birth:
Delaware, U.S. Wills & Probate Records 1676-1791 on Ancestry.com
Marriages:
Spouse: Jerris C. BarstowBirth: Death:
Date: Place:
Spouse: Joseph HillBirth: Death:
Date: Place:
Children:
J. C. Barstow Jr.Birth: 1821Death:
Hannah HillBirth: 1833Death: 1924

Object History

Previous Owners:

Name: Hannah R. Grubb
Relation to maker: granddaughter

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

Author(s): Eizabeth Tarnove
Title: Stitching Around the World: Behind the Scenes at the Los Angeles Co Museum of Art
Publication/Publisher: Finelines, vol. 1, no. 4
Date: Spring 1997

Author(s): Judith Tyner
Title: Stitching the World
Publication/Publisher: Piecework, nol XII, no. 5
Date: Sept/Oct 2004

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