Sampler (Needlework and lace sampler)

Museum Object Number 1987.0002

Object Name

Sampler (Needlework and lace sampler)

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Collectors Circle.

Creator (Role)

Mehitable Payson (Maker)

Creator Notes

Mehitable Parson (1691-1773) of Rowley, Massachusetts, appears to have been the daughter of Reverend Edward Payson and Elizabeth Phillips (rather than their granddaughter). (See object folder for geneology).

Date of Birth

1691

Date of Death

1773

Place of Origin

Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1698-1706

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; on backing paper, now in object folder; "Wrought by the grandaughte[r] of Rev. / Mr. Payson of Rowley, 140 yea[rs] since. / Mehetable La[m]bert"

Materials

Linen; Silk

Techniques

Embroidered, Woven (plain), Cut work, Hollie point, Drawn, Dresden work, Lace work

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

25 (L) , 6.625 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

63.5 (L) , 16.827 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: pp. 54-55, fig. 23
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: p. 92