Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1947.016.02
- Creator:
- Dow, Sarah (1808-1886)
- Place of Origin:
- Seabrook, NH
- Date:
- 1820
- Description:
- Sampler. Made by Sarah Dow (1809-1886), Seabrook, NH; 1820. Silk embroidery on linen. Five alphabets: first, large block capitals worked in cream eyelet stitches (similar to Algerian eye stitches, but pulled tighter to create a hole); second, script capitals worked in black cross stitches; third, block capitals worked in squares of cream satin stitches; fourth, small-scale block capitals worked in black cross stitches; fifth, lower-case worked in black cross stitches. Below this is the verse, "Fair virtue industry truth combind [sic] / Adorn elevate the female mind." An undulating floral vine is embroidered below the verse using long-and-short, satin, chain, and bullion stitches. A line of chain stitching separates the lower section with the verse and vine from the alphabet section. Across the bottom is cross-stitched the inscription, "Sarah Dow aged 11 years Seabrook May 1820 * 123456789." The top and sides are bordered with a cross-stitched undulating strawberry vine within a line of drawn threadwork. Hourglass blocks are satin-stitched in each corner. Top and bottom edges are selvages; sides are hemmed.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-18 W-17.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles H. Batchelder
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