Object Details
- Blakeslee, Sylvia
- Description
- Two long narrow strips of cloth joined with all four edges turned and whipped. One block alphabet with two of some letters; no "J." One crown. Same simple outline often used as spacer in alphabets. No border. Initials "SB." Linen thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross. THREAD COUNT: longer strip warp 38, weft 48/in.
; shorter strip warp 36, weft 40/in. - Background:
- Sylvia was born on September 28, 1770, to Zophar and Eunice Ives Blakeslee in New Haven, Connecticut. She married Andrews Hall on December 3, 1800, and they had four children—William, Sylvia, Abigail, and Mary. She died on July 19, 1851, in Wallingford, Connecticut. Sylvia's simple sampler was treasured and passed down in her family. Her daughter Sylvia Hall made a more traditional sampler. See Sylvia Hall's sampler.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prisk
- 1750-1775
- ID Number
- TE.T16941
- catalog number
- T16941
- accession number
- 310734
- Object Name
- sampler
- Physical Description
- linen (embroidery thread material)
- linen (ground fabric material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 70.1675 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Samplers
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Alphabets
- Record ID
- nmah_639639
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-a778-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
