Sampler;Sampler
1800 – 1825 (Date manufactured/created)
1800 – 1825 (Date manufactured/created)
1800 – 1825 (Date manufactured/created)
Silk thread, Silk thread
linen ground, linen ground
Unfinished alphabet sampler worked in cross-stitch using threads in shades of brown. Alphabet in uppercase block lettering in different motifs fills one row at top; below is an alphabet in lowercase lettering; initials "MCG", in uppercase and lowercase, fill a rectangular panel in center-left quadrant; initial "P" stitched in green appears in the center-right quadrant.
+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. +unfinished alphabet sampler worked in cross-stitch using threads in shades of brown. alphabet in uppercase block lettering in different motifs fills one row at top; below is alphabet in lowercase lettering; initials "MCG", in uppercase and lowercase, fill a rectangular panel in center-left quadrant; initial "P" stitched in green appears in the center-right quadrant.
+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. +unfinished alphabet sampler worked in cross-stitch using threads in shades of brown. alphabet in uppercase block lettering in different motifs fills one row at top; below is alphabet in lowercase lettering; initials "MCG", in uppercase and lowercase, fill a rectangular panel in center-left quadrant; initial "P" stitched in green appears in the center-right quadrant.
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
Collection of the Mattatuck Museum
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