Unknown, globe in stand, n.d.. #SA001166

Image courtesy of Westtown School

Unknown, globe in stand, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001166
Maker:	unknown
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	Unknown
Place Made:	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	Westtown Boarding School
Year Made:
Decade Made:	Unsure
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	G.7
Object Credit:	Gift of Elizabeth Grellor Maul, Westtown School class of 1926.
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:

Place name

Text medium:

Handwritten

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Motifs/Symbols:

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Thread Condition:

Borders: Moderate loss
Symbols: Considerable loss

Other Materials:

Paint, Ink

Stitch Types:

Running, laid and couched

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	unknown
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: County: State:
Death Date:
Death Location:
Religion:	presumed
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Elizabeth Mellor Graul 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 Author(s): Elizabeth 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: Westtown School's Embroidered Globes Publication/Publisher: Piecework, vol XII, no. 5 Date: Sept/Oct 2004 Author(s): Judith Tyner Title: Stitching the World: Embroidered Maps and Women's Geographical Education Publication/Publisher: Ashgate Publishing,Ltd., England Date: 2015

Object Details