Elizabeth Throckmorton's Sampler

Description:

This sampler features a two story house with windows and two chimneys on a stepped hill with grazing sheep. The stepped hill can be found on samplers from Philadelphia, western Maryland and New Jersey. There is a center angel and two apple baskets are on either side above the inscription. The motif of an angel means a messenger of God and the apple baskets often represent fertility and wealth. There is a three-sided geometric border, with queen stitch strawberries and leaves. (a more difficult stitch) The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 28, weft 28/in. The stitches used are cross, queen, satin, and straight.

Elizabeth Throckmorton was born on October 18, 1795, in Monmouth County, New Jersey to Holmes (c.1759 –1821) and Susannah Forman (1762-1820) Throckmorton. Her father served in the American Revolution for three years. She married John Britton on November 18, 1813, and they had three children - John, Mary, and Catharine. Her husband John died c.1822-1823. She married Tobias Worrel on October 26, 1824, and they had a daughter Jane. According to the 1840 census they were then living in Des Moines, Iowa.

Date Made: 1804-1806

Maker: Throckmorton, Elizabeth

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Samplers, Textiles

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Credit Line: Gift from Mrs. Katherine Stahmer

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1990.0477.01Catalog Number: 1990.0477.01Accession Number: 1990.0477

Object Name: samplerOther Terms: sampler; ca 1805

Physical Description: silk (overall material)linen (ground material)embroidery (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 13 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 34.925 cm x 34.29 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-6bb7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1093871

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