Sampler;Sampler

From Mattatuck Museum

Mattatuck Historical Soc (owned by)

1831
1831 (Date manufactured/created
Date manufactured/created)

Cotton embroidery floss, Cotton embroidery floss

linen ground, linen ground, sampler, sampler

25 1/2 in. H X 18 3/4 in. W
25 1/2 in. H X 18 3/4 in. W X D X L , Weight , Diameter , Circumference Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: framed
Framed?: YesDimensions Extent: framed
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 memorial sampler inscribed "Flora Grants Sampler marked in the 11 year / of her age Mary Huntington Inst Torrington 1831"; "Religion is the chief concern Of mortal here below / May I its great importance learn Its sovreign virtues"; "In memory of / Mrs. Aurelia wife of Augustus Grant who died / May 16 1825 aged 27 Blessed are the dead that / die in the Lord yea Saith the spirrit the rest / from their labours and their works do follow them".
Alphabet and memorial sampler inscribed "Flora Grants Sampler marked in the 11 year / of her age Mary Huntington Inst Torrington 1831"; "Religion is the chief concern Of mortal here below / May I its great importance learn Its sovreign virtues"; "In memory of / Mrs. Aurelia wife of Augustus Grant who died / May 16 1825 aged 27 Blessed are the dead that / die in the Lord yea Saith the spirrit the rest / from their labours and their works do follow them".

Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum

Accession/ID Number X72.605