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Sally Shattuck

Sampler, early 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Sally Shattuck, early 1880s, American

Title

Sampler

Year

early 1800s

Medium

Linen ground with silk embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • linen

Techniques

  • stem stitch,
  • plain weave,
  • satin stitch,
  • cross stitch,
  • feather stitch

Dimensions

58.1 x 54.6 cm (22 7/8 x 21 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

3 alphabets; numbers 1-9 and 0; inscription at mid left "How blest the maid whom circling years improve/Her God the object of her warmer love/Wh[?] [?] hours [?] as they ri[?]"; makers name at bottom "Sally Shatuck Sampler aged thirteen years"

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

13.032

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Sampler with the accession number of 13.032. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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