Object Number 1958.2943

Object Name

Pocketbook

Category

Textiles (Needlework)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Beulah Biddle Sansom (Maker or owner)
1768-1837
Beulah Biddle Sansom was born in 1768 to Quaker parents Joseph Biddle Jr. and Sarah Shreve, who resided in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey on a farm willed to Joseph by his father. Beulah Biddle married Joseph Sansom, a Philadelphia Quaker, in November 1792. Sansom was a merchant in Philadelphia. From 1798 to 1802, Joseph went on a three-year tour abroad with Beulah. This tour is recorded in a collection of letters currently housed at the Haverford College Library. Joseph and Beulah returned to the United States in 1802, landing in New York in September, before returning to Philadelphia. Beulah died in 1837.

Place of Origin

Burlington, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Cross-stitched under flap; "BEULAH BIDDLE 1783" (embroidered pink wool)

Materials

Silk; Canvas; Cardboard; Steel

Techniques

Embroidered, Woven (plain), Sewn, Canvaswork

Construction Description

Hand-embroidered

Dimensions (inches)

4.75 (H) , 4.12 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.065 (H) , 10.465 (W)

Measurement Notes

Overall measurement is of object folded

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: p. 102, fig. 49
[Book] Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 101, fig. 48