Sampler;Sampler

Sampler;Sampler

Mattatuck Museum
Sally Porter (created by)
Mattatuck Historical Soc (owned by)
1794 (Date manufactured/created)
1794 (Date manufactured/created)
Silk thread, Silk thread
linen ground, linen ground
3 3/4 in. H X 8 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: No
3 3/4 in. H X 8 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: unframed
Framed?: No
3 3/4 in. H X 8 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions 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.
+Upper are uppercase block alphabet in two rows. "Sally" stitched left-center. Verse stitched lower left "Let ????? be / a ????? to thee". Initials "S?" bottom center. date stitched bottom right corner "27th / AD 1794
Sally Porter (and Betsy Porter) are sisters. the are the daughters of Capt. Phinease Porter, who led a local regiment for 6 months in 1775 (to NY, Long Island, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Montreal); His journal is in MM/MHS archives
Upper are uppercase block alphabet in two rows. "Sally" stitched left-center. Verse stitched lower left "Let virtue be / a guide to thee". Initials "S?" bottom center. date stitched bottom right corner "27th / AD 1794 Sally Porter and Betsey Porter are sisters. They are the daughters of Capt. Phineas Porter, who led a local regiment for 6 months in 1775 (to NY, Long Island, Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Montreal); His journal is in MM/MHS archives.
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum, Gift of Katherine L. Peck
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum, Gift of Katherine L. Peck
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