Nancy Mary Lindley's Sampler

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.

Date Made: 1800-1825

Maker: Lindley, Nancy Mary

Location: Currently on loan

Place Made: World

Depicted: Alphabets

Subject:

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

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T14662Catalog Number: T14662T.14662Accession 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

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-b5b1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_649892

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