Sampler;Sampler
1823
1823 (Date manufactured/created
Date manufactured/created)
1823 (Date manufactured/created
Date manufactured/created)
Silk thread, Silk thread
linen ground, linen ground, sampler, sampler
12 1/4 in. H
X
14 3/4 in. W
12 1/4 in. H X 14 3/4 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: YesDimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: Yes
12 1/4 in. H X 14 3/4 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: YesDimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: Yes
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 and number sampler worked in shades of brown and/or green silks using cross-stitch. Sampler is divided into 5 horizontal sections by cross-stitches; sections are framed along four sides by a zig-zag pattern. first three sections contain alphabet in both upper and lower-casem block letters with some repeated in differing patterns, ending with "Almira Frisbie" in second row. numbers 1-12 are inclided in third section. fourth section bears inscription "Almira Frisbie Wrought this in the / 11 year of her age. / Wolcott July 18 1823" and initials "A.F.". Beneath this are tree motifs in differing patterns. Almira Frisbie (b. 1798) is daughter of Daniel Frisbie and Eunice Hall; Almira married Artenus Hoadley.
Alphabet and number sampler worked in shades of brown and/or green silks using cross-stitch. Sampler is divided into 5 horizontal sections by cross-stitches; sections are framed along four sides by a zig-zag pattern. first three sections contain alphabet in both upper and lower-case block letters with some repeated in differing patterns, ending with "Almira Frisbie" in second row. numbers 1-12 are inclided in third section. fourth section bears inscription "Almira Frisbie Wrought this in the / 11 year of her age. / Wolcott July 18 1823" and initials "A.F.". Beneath this are tree motifs in differing patterns. Almira Frisbie (b. 1812) is daughter of Daniel Frisbie and Eunice Hall.
Alphabet and number sampler worked in shades of brown and/or green silks using cross-stitch. Sampler is divided into 5 horizontal sections by cross-stitches; sections are framed along four sides by a zig-zag pattern. first three sections contain alphabet in both upper and lower-case block letters with some repeated in differing patterns, ending with "Almira Frisbie" in second row. numbers 1-12 are inclided in third section. fourth section bears inscription "Almira Frisbie Wrought this in the / 11 year of her age. / Wolcott July 18 1823" and initials "A.F.". Beneath this are tree motifs in differing patterns. Almira Frisbie (b. 1812) is daughter of Daniel Frisbie and Eunice Hall.
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
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