Sampler
1826 (Date manufactured/created)
Silk thread
linen ground
7 1/2 in. H
X
8 3/4 in. W
Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: No
Framed?: No
+Young girls who went to school in the 19th century were usually given instruction in decorative accomplishments, rather than academic subjects. Samplers demonstrated a young girl’s piety, her refinement and her ability to form the letters of the alphabet, which would be useful in marking the household bedding and kitchen fabrics she would make in anticipation of her marriage.
+alphabet sampler work in shades of brown, green, blue-gray, black and tan silks using cross-stitch. Sampler is divided into 8 horizontal rows, the first two contain the alphabet in upper-case block lettering; the thrid contains numbers 1-10, ampersand, and "W"; fourth and fifth rows contain the alphabet in lower-case followed by initials "C L C L" (repeated) and a heart; the final three rows bear inscription "Catherine Louesa Cook. / Sampler Aged 11 years. / Waterbury.". Simple black border stitched along four sides.
+alphabet sampler work in shades of brown, green, blue-gray, black and tan silks using cross-stitch. Sampler is divided into 8 horizontal rows, the first two contain the alphabet in upper-case block lettering; the thrid contains numbers 1-10, ampersand, and "W"; fourth and fifth rows contain the alphabet in lower-case followed by initials "C L C L" (repeated) and a heart; the final three rows bear inscription "Catherine Louesa Cook. / Sampler Aged 11 years. / Waterbury.". Simple black border stitched along four sides.
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum, Gift of Katherine L. Peck
X72.569