Object Details
- Minton, Maria
- Description
- One script and two block alphabets of all 26 letters; all these rows separated by simple crossbands. Numbers to 9 (below inscription). All letters and numbers worked in black. In lower register, hearts, flower-basket, flowering plants, birds. Inscription in solidly filled lozenge. Border of simple geometric band on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on cotton canvas ground. STITCHES: cross, long-armed cross, herringbone, queen. THREAD COUNT: warp 23, weft 23/in.
- Inscription:
- "Maria Minton
aged 13 years" - Background:
- Nothing is known about the life of Maria Minton.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Roger Pryor Templin.
- 1826
- ID Number
- TE.T11675
- catalog number
- T11675
- accession number
- 219034
- Object Name
- sampler
- Physical Description
- linen (ground fabric material)
- silk (embroidery thread material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17 1/2 in x 11 in; 44.45 cm x 27.94 cm
- Place Made
- World
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Samplers
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Alphabets
- Record ID
- nmah_639583
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-8dc7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
