Sampler

Museum number:
2-63932
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
257 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Sampler. Upper 2/3 comprised of alphabets in four different cases and two floral/zigzag transverse bands; in lower third, “Miss Elizabeth Ortley wrought this in the eleventh year of her age in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen New York” in green; dark stains overall; 43.3 cm by 39 cm. Silk embroidery (varicolored) on very loose plain weave cotton ground.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
New York state
Verbatim coll. place:
U.S.A New York
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Materials:
Linen (material) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Samplers (textile art)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-63932, described as Sampler. Upper 2/3 comprised of alphabets in four different cases and two floral/zigzag transverse bands; in lower third, “Miss Elizabeth Ortley wrought this in the eleventh year of her age in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen New York” in green; dark stains overall; 43.3 cm by 39 cm. Silk embroidery (varicolored) on very loose plain weave cotton ground.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sampler, accession number 2-63932, described as Sampler. Upper 2/3 comprised of alphabets in four different cases and two floral/zigzag transverse bands; in lower third, “Miss Elizabeth Ortley wrought this in the eleventh year of her age in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen New York” in green; dark stains overall; 43.3 cm by 39 cm. Silk embroidery (varicolored) on very loose plain weave cotton ground.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 2-63932, described as Sampler. Upper 2/3 comprised of alphabets in four different cases and two floral/zigzag transverse bands; in lower third, “Miss Elizabeth Ortley wrought this in the eleventh year of her age in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen New York” in green; dark stains overall; 43.3 cm by 39 cm. Silk embroidery (varicolored) on very loose plain weave cotton ground.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sampler, accession number 2-63932, described as Sampler. Upper 2/3 comprised of alphabets in four different cases and two floral/zigzag transverse bands; in lower third, “Miss Elizabeth Ortley wrought this in the eleventh year of her age in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen New York” in green; dark stains overall; 43.3 cm by 39 cm. Silk embroidery (varicolored) on very loose plain weave cotton ground.

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