Object Details
- Hand, Lucretia M.
- Description
- Lucretia added to her basic marking sampler a decoration of flowering plants, which stand for nature. It is hemstitched on all sides with dark thread. Lucretia included the inscription: “Lucretia M Hand.” The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 32, weft 39/in. The stitches used are: cross, Algerian eye, back, queen, and hem.
- Lucretia M. Hand was born on October 7, 1799, in Sag Harbor (Long Island), New York to Jared (1762-) and Beulah Hedges (1769 –1828) Hand. On July 30, 1823, she married, Dr. George Washington Harris of Greenport, Long Island. She died on Long Island in 1863.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Miss Mabel E. Harris
- 1810
- ID Number
- TE.T14845
- catalog number
- T14845
- accession number
- 282859
- Object Name
- sampler
- Physical Description
- silk on linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 19.3675 cm
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Samplers
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_649894
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-b5b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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