Sylvia Hall's Sampler
Sylvia Hall's Sampler
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- Description
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One script alphabet, two block alphabets. 26 letters with two or three styles of some capital letters. Numbers 1 to 0 and to 8. These rows separated by rows of cross-stitch. Border of single row of cross-stitch on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, four-sided, crosslet. THREAD COUNT: warp 23, weft 24/in.
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Inscription:
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"Zealously pursue the course
That leads young minds to god
For faith and love & holy hope
Point to the blest abode
S Hall"
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Background:
- Sylvia was born on April 18, 1805, to Andrews and Sylvia Blakeslee Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut, and she died there in 1859. See her mother's (Sylvia Blakeslee) sampler.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sampler
- Date made
- 1810-1820
- maker
- Hall, Sylvia
- Place Made
- United States: Connecticut, New Haven
- Physical Description
- linen (ground fabric material)
- silk (embroidery thread material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 in x 10 3/8 in; 38.1 cm x 26.3525 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T16942
- catalog number
- T16942
- accession number
- 310734
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prisk
- subject
- Alphabets
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Samplers
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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