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Sampler (Band sampler)
Elizabeth Rush
1734
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator/Artist/Maker
Elizabeth Rush (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
Museum Object Number
1975.0116 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation
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Object Number
1975.0116 A
Object Name
Sampler (Band sampler)
Category
Textiles (Needlework)
Creator (Role)
Elizabeth Rush (Maker)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1734
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: bottom of work
Inscription: "This work in [hand] my friends may have/ When i am dead and laid in my grave/ "Elizabeth Rush * her work/ done *in*the *th* year * of * her *age"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Biblical quotations
Materials
- Linen
- Silk
Techniques
- Embroidered
- Woven (plain)
Construction Description
Hand-embroidered
Dimensions (inches)
12.4 (W) x 17.3 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.496 (W) x 43.942 (L)
Measurement Notes
Image measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Linen count: approx. 44-45 threads per inch.
Modern frame measurements: H 20.5" x W 15.5" x D 1.5"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1977 Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850.
• Published: pp. 48-49, fig. 18Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1995 Plain and Fancy: American Women and their Needlework, 1650-1850.
• Published: p. 56, 57, fig. 24Article: Swan, Susan Burrows. 12//1989 Recent Discoveries About Philadelphia Samplers. Antiques. 136: 1334-1343.
• Published: p. 1334, plate IBook: Schiffer, Margaret B. 1958 Historical Needlework of Pennsylvania.
• Similar samplers: pp. 20-21Book: Bolton, Ethel Stanwood & Johnston, Eva. 1921 American Samplers.
• Similar sampler: plate CXIBook: Ring, Betty. 1993 Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850. II.
• Discusses Elizabeth Rush's sampler and other samplers from this group: p. 330Book: Swan, Susan Burrows. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to American Needlework.
• Published: p. 33, pl. 1