Object Details
maker
Phillips, Augusta Ann
Description
Three block alphabets; one double of 26 letters and one script alphabet of 26 letters. Numbers to 21. All rows separated by simple geometric crossbands. In lower half of sampler two-story brick house with two chimneys and double door on stepped terrace, flanked by two pairs of flower baskets. Border of single row of cross-stitch on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, rice, Algerian eye, four-sided, crosslet, stem, outline, French knot. THREAD COUNT: warp 27, weft 31/in.
Inscriptions:
"The rof[s]e, The Sweetly Blooming rof[s]e
Ere from the Tree itf[s] torn
Itf[s] Like the charmf[s] which Beauty Show
In Livef[s] exulting Morn.
Ere from the Tree itf[s] torn
Itf[s] Like the charmf[s] which Beauty Show
In Livef[s] exulting Morn.
Auguf[s]ta Ann PhilliPs June
The 18 1794"
The 18 1794"
Background:
Nothing is known about the life of Augusta Ann Phillips.
Date made
1794
ID Number
TE.E309069
catalog number
E309069
E 309069
accession number
63668
Object Name
sampler
Physical Description
linen (ground fabric material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements
overall: 17 1/2 in x 17 in; 44.45 cm x 43.18 cm
Place Made
World
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
depicted
Flowers
Architecture, Domestic Buildings
Alphabets
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_630934