Object Number 2021.0003 A

Object Name

Sampler

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds donated in honor of Dr. Gloria Seaman Allen

Creator (Role)

Mary Orr
1821-1867
Mary Orr (1821-1867), the eldest daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Little Orr, resided in Christiana Hundred in 1830 according to the Delaware census. Mary Orr and her sister Jane enrolled at the Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School in 1826.

Place of Origin

New Castle, Delaware, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Worked at Elizabeth Norris’s School, Brandywine Hundred

Date

1831

Materials

Silk; Linen

Construction Description

Silk on linen ground

Dimensions (inches)

18.9 (H) , 17.4 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

48.006 (H) , 44.196 (W)

Object Description

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