//
For internal use only
Not On Display
Sampler (Family record)
Sarah Ann Major Harris
1826-1828
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Sarah Ann Major Harris
Place of Origin
Norwich Area; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
Museum Object Number
2017.0032 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds drawn from the Centenary Fund
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
2017.0032 A
Object Name
Sampler (Family record)
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator (Role)
Sarah Ann Major Harris
Place of Origin
Norwich Area; Connecticut; New London; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Prudence Crandall's school was in Canterbury but this sampler might have been worked before Sarah arrived at the school. --see notes.
Date
1826-1828
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
Techniques
- Cross stitched
Dimensions (inches)
19.3125 (W) x 20.375 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
49.054 (W) x 51.752 (L)
Measurement Notes
Measurements taken with work in the frame
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Gevalt, Emelie, et al. 2023 Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North.
• Published: p. 201, fig. 64Other: Krueger, Glee. "A Canterbury Tale: Sarah Ann Major Harris and Prudence Crandall.”.
• published in 1999 Dublin Seminar proceedingsArticle: Gruner, Maria. 2022 Enslavement and Its Legacies: "May the points of our needle prick" Antislavery Needlework and the Cultivation of the Abolitionist Self. Winterthur Portfolio. 55, No. 2/3 (Summer/Autumn 2021): 85-120.
• Published: p. 118, fig. 17