Lydia Hindes' Sampler

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This sampler by Lydia Hindes, dating to 1825, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 22, weft 22/ in. The same urn of flowers appears on her mother's sampler. See TE*T13213 The stitches used are cross, crosslet, and queen. The inscription is: "Lydia / Hindes / her work / age 9 y /ears July 26 / th 1825 / Regard no / t your bea / uty but / chiefly take / care That your mind is / well furnished / the matter lies there.” Lydia was born c. 1816 to Joseph and Abigail Cory Hindes in Elizabeth, Westfield, New Jersey. She died unmarried April 6, 1878, in Elizabeth Union, New Jersey.

Maker: Hindes, Lydia

Location: Currently not on view

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Credit Line: Gift of Edith Evelyn Currens

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T13212Catalog Number: T13212.000Accession Number: 254662

Object Name: Embroidery, Samplersampler

Physical Description: silk (overall material)linen (overall material)Measurements: overall: 12 in x 8 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 20.955 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-8610-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_639599

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