Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1970.049
- Creator:
- Badger, Judith (1788-1879)
- Place of Origin:
- Gilmanton, NH
- Date:
- 1796
- Description:
- Sampler. Made by Judith Badger (1788-1879), Gilmanton, NH; 1796. Worked with silk twist threads on plain-woven linen, featuring five alphabets: first, small-scale capital block letters in cream and "OP" in dark brown cross stitches; second, different style of block capitals in cream and "MNOP" in dark brown cross stitches; third, lower-case letters in cream and dark brown cross stitches; fourth, large capitals worked in cream and tan Algerian eye stitch, followed by a strawbery vine; fifth, script capitals in dark brown cross stitches, followed by a chevron border line resembling pine branches in dark green and cream. Below this is the inscription: "JUDITH.BADGER.HER SAMPLER.MA-/DE.IN.THE.EIGHTH.YEAR.OF.HER.A- /GE 1796." The lower edge of the linen is selvage; the other three sides are hemmed.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-12.2 W-14.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Judith (Badger) Parsons (1788-1879) was the grandmother of the donor, Martha S. Watson (1884-1976).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha S. Watson
- Subjects:
- Embroidery
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