Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1818
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. ( 39.4 x 32.1 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler stitched with various colors of silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets and numbers separated by rows of designs in upper portion, motto in center portion, monograms and designs at bottom, border surrounds all sides; cross and satin stitches.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton deGroot
Object Number:
1947.5
Marks:
embroidered: across center above motto, green and yellow floss: "Martha Coggeshall Holly. Aged 10 Years / Stamford Connecticut. August 29. AD 1818"
embroidered: bottom, left of central design: "DH / April / 25 1768"
embroidered: bottom, right of centr
Gallery Label:
Martha Coggeshall Holly was born in Stamford, CT in 1804 and married John Bissell in Fairfield in 1829.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1818
eMuseum Object ID:
20618
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Stenciled quilt pieces (51)
Classification:
Date:
1811-1856
Medium:
Cotton, paint
Description:
Fifty-one white cotton quilt pieces with green, red, blue, and yellow stenciled plant and animal motifs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice Porter Seltzer, 1946
Object Number:
INV.11490a-yy
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
20616
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1844
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 18 in. ( 47 x 45.7 cm )
Description:
Square linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; bordered verse top center, various images throughout, geometric floral motif bordering all sides; stitches include cross, satin, running.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.329
Marks:
embroidered: across top, yellow floss: "Mary Ann Raw & Work Aged 13 1844"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1844
eMuseum Object ID:
20615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bedcover
Classification:
Date:
1740-1760
Medium:
Linen, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 82 x 95 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 208.3 x 241.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Homespun linen bedspread with crewel embroidered pattern consisting of vertical stalks alternating with intertwined floral vines; hand-loomed green wool binding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.305
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
20614
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1673
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 9 1/4 in. ( 76.2 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; horizontal rows of designs and patterns, with alphabet and inscription at the bottom; stitches include cross, satin, straight, eyelet, back, running, and stump work.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.205
Marks:
embroidered: bottom: "SARAH / SABIn HER WORK FInISHED In THE 21 (illeg.) / (illeg.) YEAR OF OUR LORD 1673"
Gallery Label:
This sampler may have been worked by the Sarah Sabin who was born July 27, 1660 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1673
eMuseum Object ID:
20613
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1801
Medium:
cloth
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 15 x 1 in. ( 30.5 x 38.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Sampler with verse and inscription: "Sarah Holmes Ended This in 1801/Born 1793/Died 1842"
Object Number:
1968.45
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1801
eMuseum Object ID:
20612
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1733
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. ( 41.9 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; text in two columns, quoting the Lord's Prayer and the Creed, image of people on horseback in lower left colum above inscription; border motif of religious imagery; stitches include cross, satin and running.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.387
Marks:
embroidered: lower left in gold and green floss: "RAChEL MYERS 1733"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1733
eMuseum Object ID:
20611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1771
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 7/8 x 8 1/8 in. ( 40.3 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Vertical horizontal linen sampler stitched in various colors silk floss; geometric floral design across top, center and bottom, segregated rows of alphabets, numbers and mottoes, straight borders on all sides; stitches include cross, satin, eyelet, herringbone, chain and knots.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.386
Marks:
embroidered: bottom, above motif: "Mary Green Her SamPLer Made In / This 14 Year oF Her AGe 1771"
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1771
eMuseum Object ID:
20610
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sampler
Classification:
Date:
1825
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 15 1/2 in. ( 27 x 39.4 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular linen sampler with blue silk floss; horizontal rows of alphabets and numbers separated by rows of design, naturalistic images and house across bottom; stitches include cross, satin and eyelet.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor Paine Gardner
Object Number:
1941.367
Marks:
embroidered: above images at bottom: "Polly.Ann.Calkins.Aged.13.Years.1825"
Gallery Label:
Polly Ann Calkins (1812-43) married Stephen Paine in 1828, and was the mother of Stephen Edson Paine. She was the grandmother of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
20555
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Embroidered Mythological Scene
Classification:
Date:
1798
Medium:
Silk, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 13 1/4 x 1/8 in. ( 28.3 x 33.7 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Horizontal rectangular picture embroidered in various colors silk floss and chenille on linen ground; two figures in classical dress, one kneeling, one sleeping in forest setting, heads, hands and feet of figures painted; except for painted areas, stitching covers entire ground, stitches include satin, couch, knot, outline, straight.
Credit Line:
Gift of Johanna Kuypers Sluyter
Object Number:
1913.23
Marks:
printed: bottom center of matting: "Joanna D. P. Kuypers / 1798"
Gallery Label:
Joanna De Peyster Kuypers (1792-1832) was the daughter of Rev. Gerardus A. Kuypers, Minister of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York. She married Dr. Peter Van Zandt in 1818 and had eight children. She died of bronchitis at the age of 39.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1798
eMuseum Object ID:
20554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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