Elizabeth Shermer's Sampler

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Object Details

maker

Shermer, Elizabeth

Description

One lower-case alphabet; six block alphabets; 26 letters. Numbers 1 through 17. Three practice eyelets, one worked in red cotton, two worked in red wool. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, tent, four-sided, eyelet, upright cross. THREAD COUNT: warp 26, weft 39/in.

Inscription:

"Elizabeth Shermer's
work done in the
eleventh year of her
age
1833"

Background:

This may be the Elizabeth Shermer who was born to Anthony and Anna Barbara Diehl Shermer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sixth alphabet on her sampler is very unusual and has been found on other Pennsylvania samplers.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Katherine K. Olsen

Date made

1833

ID Number

1985.0856.01

accession number

1985.0856

catalog number

1985.0856.01

Object Name

sampler

Physical Description

linen (ground fabroc material)

silk (embroidery thread material)

embroidered (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 15 3/8 in x 16 1/8 in; 39.0525 cm x 40.9575 cm

Place Made

World

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

depicted

Alphabets

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-b51f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_650225