Nancy Mary Lindley's Sampler

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Object Details

maker

Lindley, Nancy Mary

Description

Five block alphabets; one script alphabet; numbers to 15. All alphabets colored in pairs or groups. Six narrow geometric crossbands. Verse in lower register flanked by two-story house and tree. Red cotton thread used only for "s" in "Lindleys" and for three small geometric motifs at bottom of sampler. Border of geometric zig-zag on all four sides. Silk and cotton embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, Algerian eye. THREAD COUNT: warp 39, weft 42/in.

Inscriptions:

"Nancy Mary Lindleys work done at the age of 8 years

Let virtue be my greatest care
And study my delight
So shall my day be always fair
And peaceable my night,"

Background:

Nothing is known about the life of Nancy Mary Lindley.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Sebenius, from the collection of his mother Mrs. C. Harold Sebenius

Date made

1800-1825

ID Number

TE.T14662

catalog number

T14662

T.14662

accession number

279148

Object Name

sampler

Physical Description

linen (ground fabric material)

silk (embroidery thread material)

cotton (embroidery thread material)

Measurements

overall: 16 in x 16 in; 40.64 cm x 40.64 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-b5b1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_649892