RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Embroidery, Sampler
sampler
date made: 1781
Measurements: overall: 6 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 9.2075 cm
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Embroidery, Sampler
sampler
date made: 1791
Measurements: overall: 16 3/4 in x 6 in; 42.545 cm x 15.24 cm
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
Date made: 1800-1802
made in: United Kingdom: England
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe
Elizabeth Marx's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sampler
Date made: 1802
maker: Marx, Elizabeth
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Reading
Physical Description: linen (ground fabric material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 16 3/4 in x 14 in; 42.545 cm x 35.56 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Mary Ellen Totten
Topics: Embroidery
Flowers
Textiles
Description: Verse and two wide floral crossbands, both arcaded, one with roses and one with strawberries and forget-me-nots. Two eight-pointed stars. Black guidelines under flowers in rose crossband. Center section framed in band of sawtooth. Border of geometric flowering vine with strawberries and pinks, and an outer row of dentil pattern on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, straight, Algerian eye, satin, surface satin, encroaching satin, stem, queen, outline. THREAD COUNT: warp 40, weft 38/in.<br>
<B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
"Here In This Garden Here Below<br>Water Me That I May Grow<br>And When All Grace To Me Is Given<br>Then Transplant Me Into Heaven<br>
Elizabeth Marx Her Work 1802"<br>
<B>Background:</B><br>
This is probably the Elizabeth born on March 20, 1790, to George and Elizabeth Marx in Reading, Pennsylvania. According to the records from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, she married Christian Brobst on September 6, 1812. She died June 20, 1847 and is buried at the Union/West End Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh, PA.
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
Date made: 1809
made in: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: wool (overall ground)
silk (overall thread)
Measurements: overall: 13 1/8 in x 13 in; 33.3375 cm x 33.02 cm
Mary Griffith's Sampler; Wool on Wool; Welsh; 1808
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
Date made: 1806-1810
date made: 1808
Place Made: United Kingdom: Galles, Pwllbeli
made in: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: wool (overall ground)
silk and wool (overall thread)
Measurements: overall: 125 in x 10 in; 317.5 cm x 25.4 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
Description (Brief): Mary Griffith's Sampler; Wool embroidery on a wool ground; Wales; dated 1808. A Biblical verse framed in a simple garland, surrounded by animals, birds, crowns, flower-baskets, coats of arms, and a geometric strawberry-vine border. Mary Griffith, Pwllheli, Wales. 12 2/4" x 10 1/2"
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
Date made: 1808
made in: United Kingdom: England
Physical Description: wool (overall ground)
silk (overall thread)
Measurements: overall: 14 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 37.465 cm x 34.29 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Craig
Rachel Kester's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sampler
Date made: 1788
maker: Kester, Rachel
Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Millville
Physical Description: linen (ground fabric material)
silk ( embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 15 3/4 in x 12 1/8 in; 40.005 cm x 30.7975 cm
Topics: Embroidery
Alphabets
Textiles
Description: Block alphabet no "J." Each letter worked in different color. Letters in row, initials for family members "HKAKR / PKAKMKSKBKAKBWW," "R" that should go with last "W" out of order. Each pair of letters worked in different color, six sets being worked in black. These rows separated by simple crossbands. In center section, flanking one of verses, two large flowers, and initials "SK," "SK," "SK," "IK," "IW," and "RW" split with one on each side of flower. Below verse, wide crossband with flowers and strawberries. Another wide crossband at bottom of sampler, with two large flowers and urn of flowers. Border of geometric vine with strawberries and carnations on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, satin, tent, eyelet, stem. THREAD COUNT: warp 28, weft 30/in.<br>
<B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
"Love the Lord<br>And he will be<br>A tender father<br>Unto the<br>
The lo<i>f</i>[s]s of trea<i>f</i>[s]ure<i>f</i>[s] much<br>The lo<i>f</i>[s]s of truth is more<br>The lo<i>f</i>[s]s of Chri<i>f</i>[s]t i<i>f</i>[s] <i>f</i>[s]uch<br>A<i>f</i>[s] no one can re<i>f</i>[s]tore<br>
The lot of <i>f</i>[s]aint<i>f</i>[s] have alway been<br>Affliction here and <i>f</i>[s]corn<i>f</i>[s]<br>And he that was the be<i>f</i>[s]t of men<br>Wa<i>f</i>[s] mock and crown with thorn<i>f</i>[s]<br>
Rachel Kester her samPler<br> made in the 14th year of her age<br>1788 H T"<br>
<B>Background:</B><br>
Rachel was born on June 16, 1774, to Paul and Anna Webster Kester in Kingwood, New Jersey. The family moved to Millville, Pennsylvania, in 1780. There Rachel married Chandlee Eves on January 5, 1797, and they had ten children—Anna, Elizabeth, Yeatman, John K., George Fox, Benjamin, Charles, Sarah, Rachel, and Chandlee. Rachel died in Pennsylvania on May 22, 1835, and her husband died on December 30, 1836. The initials "HT" following the date in the inscription could be those of a teacher.
The first set of initials are her grandparents Heranus and Anne Kester; her parents Paul and Anna Kester; her siblings Mary, Sarah, Benjamin, and Arnold Kester; and her grandparents Benjamin and Rachel Webster. It is not clear to whom the other initials belong.
Charlotte Draper's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Embroidery, Sampler
sampler
date made: 1797
maker: Draper, Charlotte
Physical Description: linen (overall ground)
silk and cotton (overall thread)
Measurements: overall: 12 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in; 31.115 cm x 18.7325 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Ellis Danforth.
Description: This sampler by Charlotte Draper, dating to 1797, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 26, weft 28/ in. The stitches used are cross and rice. The inscription is: "Charlotte Dra / pers Sampler Wrote / In The 13 Year of her / Age June the 23 1797." Charlotte Draper was born on May 8, 1785 to Isaac (1736 – 1824) and Chloe Tingley (1746 – 1828) Draper in Attleboro, Massachusetts. She never married and died on August 22, 1848, in Thompson, Connecticut.
sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sampler
Date made: 1798
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe
Sarah Hoopes' Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: embroidery, sampler
sampler
date made: 1799
maker: Hoopes, Sarah
Physical Description: linen (ground fabric material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 16 1/2 in x 13 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 34.925 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. W. H. Hoopes
Topics: Embroidery
Textiles
Description: This sampler features nine rectangles that are outlined by cross-stitch and satin sawtooth bands. The center and corner rectangles contain flowers and strawberries with some worked in crinkled silk. The flower and strawberry motifs on this sampler indicate nature and a perfect fruit: the strawberry has no rind or pit to throw away. The verses and inscription are in the remaining four rectangles, reading from the top center, to the right center, to the left center, back to the lower part of the right center, and then to the bottom center, resulting in jumps from one rectangle to another where words did not fit the space. The words are worked in green and yellow thread, except for the name “Phebe Hoopes,” which is worked in the only black thread used on the sampler. The inscriptions are:
<br>“Waz[s]h Lord ANd<br>PUrIFY MY Heart<br>ANd MaKe It CleaN<br>IN EVerY Part ANd<br>WheN It IS CleaN<br>LOrd KeeP It SO<br>FOr That IS MOre<br>ThaN I CaN DO<br>The LOSS OF TIMe<br>IS MUCh The LOSS<br>OF Truth IS MOre<br>The LOSS OF ChrISt<br>IS SUCh That NO<br><br>MaN CaN ReStOre<br>POOR State of JaCob<br>Here It SeeMS TO Me<br>The CattLe FOUNd<br>AS SOFt A Bed AS He<br>Yet GOd APPeared<br>There HIS JOY ANd<br>CrOWN GOd IS NOt<br>ALwaYS FOUNd ON<br>BedS OF DOWN<br><br>The Bed WaS<br>Earth The RaIsed<br>PILLar StONe<br>WhereON POOR<br> JaCOb ReSt HIS<br>Head ALONe<br>HeaVeN WaS HIS<br>CaNOPY The Shades<br>OF NIGht WaS<br>HIS DraWN CUrtaIN<br>TO EXCLUde The<br>LIGht ThIS WOrK<br><br>IN HaND MY FrIeNdS<br>MaY HaVe WHeN I aM<br>IN The SILeNt GraVe<br><br>Sarah HOOPes<br>DauGhter OF Abram<br>ANd SUSaNNa HooPeS<br>Her WOrK doN<br>IN The 14th Year OF<br>Her AGe 1799<br>ReeSe HOOPeS<br>DaNIeL HOOPeS<br>ALICe HOOPeS<br>Phebe HOOPeS<br>AP EJ(?) PH SH”<br>
The four verses that Sarah Hoopes included reflect the emphasis of her time on piety and the brevity of life. Even though Sarah’s sampler came to the Smithsonian in poor condition, it is important to the study of these compartmented verse and flower samplers that were worked only in Philadelphia. The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 51, weft 46/in. The stitches used are cross, satin, stem, and outline.
Sarah Hoopes was born on December 25, 1785, to Abraham (1755-1807) and Susanna McNees (1752-1834) Hoopes of Newtown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Her father was a shoemaker. She lists the names of her two brothers, Reese and Daniel, and her two sisters, Alice and Phebe, on her sampler. There are other initials under Phebe’s name. She died unmarried.
Jemima Gorham's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: sampler
Date made: 1790
maker: Gorham, Jemima
Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Bristol
Physical Description: linen (ground fabric material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 13 in x 10 7/8 in; 33.02 cm x 27.6225 cm
Credit line: Bequest of the Misses Long
Topics: Embroidery
Alphabets
Textiles
Description: Two block alphabets, one with 26 letters and one with no "J"; "V" and "U" reversed; numbers to 12. Landscape with gentleman and two ladies; gentleman wears short coat, knee breeches, and wide hat, and carries a walking stick. One lady wears flowered dress; the other wears striped dress and both wear caps or hats. Hill, tree, and flowering bush on lawn, and small leaping dog. Overhead, clouds and trumpeting angel. Border has wide free-style meandering vine with various flowers. Brown guidelines under center scene and floral border. Just below verse, five rows of staggered cross stitch cover seam where two pieces of ground fabric join. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, petit point, chain, stem, outline, queen. THREAD COUNT: warp 26, weft 32/in.<br>
<B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
"Let <i>f</i>[s]potle<i>f</i>[s]s innocence and truth<br>My every action guide<br> And guard my unexperienced Youth<br>From vanity and pride<br>
Jemima<br>Gorham born<br> august 28 1775<br>made this sampler<br>in Bristol 1790<br>at Mrs. ushers<br> School"<br>
<B>Background:</B><br>
Jemima was born on August 29, 1775, to Isaac and Sarah Thomas Gorham in Bristol, Rhode Island. She was the oldest of nine children, and her father died at sea at the age of 48. Jemima married Nicholas Peck as his second wife on October 1, 1797, and died on November 7, 1798, in Bristol, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Jemima Gorham Peck. A year later Nicholas married his wife's sister, Sarah Gorham, on October 5, 1799.
Elizabeth Pitman's Sampler
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: embroidery, sampler
sampler
date made: 1802
maker: Pitman, Elizabeth
Physical Description: cotton (ground material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
linen (embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 12 3/8 in; 38.1 cm x 31.4325 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Goodnight Morrison
Topics: Embroidery
Textiles
Description: The lettering on Elizabeth’s sampler is in black silk, and the whole sampler is framed by vines with leaves and flowers worked in various pulled thread patterns. She included the inscription:
<br>"Elizabeth Pitman in<br>her 12th year 1802<br>And am I born to die, to lay this body down<br>And mu<i>f</i>[s]t my trembling <i>f</i>[s]pirit fly into a world<br>unknown"<br>
(Most of the verse had disappeared; however it is a standard verse on samplers of the period, <i>Hymns for Children</i> (1763) by Charles Wesley.) Charles Wesley wrote over two thousand hymns during his lifetime, and Elizabeth Pitman chose one that was often used on samplers on the imminence of death. The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 44, weft 44/in. The stitches used are cross, rice, Algerian eye, eyelet, outline, stem, and pulled thread. Elizabeth’s sampler came to the Smithsonian in very poor condition, but is important for research because of the pulled thread work on it and because it is a rare Southern sampler.
Elizabeth Pitman was born on November 30, 1790, to Andrew and Francis Frankey Pitman in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She married Isaac Mytinger on July 16, 1807, and sometime after his death on May 26, 1814, she married Anthony Huffman (1784-1861). They had seven children - David (1815-), Frances C. (1816-), John Morgan (1821-), Caroline Matilda (1825-), Edward (1828-), Ann Elizabeth (1830-), and Asburina Cornelia (1833-). She died on September 3, 1870.
fabric, fragment, printed
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Fabric, Fragment, Printed
date made: 18th century
place made: United States: Maine
Physical Description: wool (?? material)
Measurements: overall: 10 in x 16 in; 25.4 cm x 40.64 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H.F. Hallock, jr.
1800 - 1825 Pieced Quilt Top Segment
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: quilt
date made: 1800-1825
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 16 in x 17 in; 41 cm x 43 cm
Credit line: Gift of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Topics: Quilts
Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This quilt top segment is composed of 130 1 ¼-inch squares of printed and plain-woven cottons. This small segment contains a significant sampling of block- androller-printed cottons from the early nineteenth century. Small florals, geometrics, polka-dot, and printed plaids are represented. Block prints have penciled blue. The white dimity squares are in two different weaves. The sewing thread is linen and the pieces connected by overcasting.
1800 - 1825 Pieced Quilt Top Section
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: quilt segment
date made: 1800-1825
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, linen, silk (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 15 in x 13 in; 38 cm x 33 cm
Credit line: Gift of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Topics: Quilts
Furnishings
Textiles
Description: This small section of pieced fabric squares of varying sizes contains many examples of early nineteenth century fabrics. The cottons are block and roller-printed. Geometrics, florals, printed stripes, checks, and plaids are represented. A few still have traces of glaze. Linen and silk threads were used to join the pieces on this quilt top section from the early 1800s.
Double Flyer Flax Spinning Wheel; ca. 1810
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: spinning wheel, flax
spinning wheel, double fyer
date made: ca. 1810
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Cordelia S.N. Seely
Description: A flax wheel with 2 spindles, known as a double flyer. The wheel is said to have belonged to the donor's great-grandmother--no names given. Could have been made as early as 1810.
Flax or Saxony Spinning Wheel; Connecticut; 18th Century
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spinning Wheel, Flax
Date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: United States: Connecticut, Stonington
Credit line: Gift of Miss F. Elizabeth Wilcox
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Hand Tools
Description: This is a flax (sometimes called Saxony) wheel. The wheel, table and treadle are made of oak, and the other parts are made from maple. The wheel bearings were strengthened by the use of an 1822 copper penny cut into two pieces. The wheel was used on the Stonington, Connecticut of the donors great-grandparents, Peleg Brown (1775-1860) and Elizabeth Babcock Brown, (1780-1871). The letters "AM" can be seen on the front of the stock or table.
Flax Spinning Wheel; New York, 18th C.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spinning Wheel, Flax
hand tools
Date made: 18th century
user: Shaw, Mary
Place Made: United States: New York
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
leather (overall material)
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Laura E.C. Crow
Topics: Furnishings
Textiles
Hand Tools
Description: This Saxony-style flax wheel is fashioned of wood, with small leather parts. It was probably made in the 18th century, possibly in Genoa, New York. Family records trace ownership of the wheel as far back as Mary Shaw, of Genoa, who was born in 1813. However, a study of the wheel's construction indicates it may have been made before Mary was born. Mary Shaw died in 1903. The wheel was given to the Museum by one of her descendants.
Spinning is the simple act of drawing out a few fibers and twisting them together to form a yarn. The process predates written history, and was first done by hand and with sticks. Spinning wheels are believed to have originated in India between 500 and 1000 A.D. By the 13th century, they were seen in Europe, and were a standard piece of equipment for those making fiber into yarn. By the 17th century they were commonly found in homes in the colonies of North America, where the production of fabric was a cottage industry. Spinning was generally seen as a woman's job. Women spun yarn at home, as well as with friends at spinning bees, where food was served and prizes might be given to the person who produced the most or best yarn. The industrial revolution brought mechanization to the textile industry, and eventually spinning was done on large machines in textile mills.
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Saxony Wheel for spinning Flax; 18th Century?
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Spinning Wheel, Flax
Date made: possibly 18th century
maker: unknown
Credit line: Gift of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry
Topics: Textiles
Hand Tools
Description: Flax or Saxony (Leipsic) wheel. Late 18th century. Turned legs. Eight spokes in the wheel. A machine on which the spinning and winding of the yarn are made simultaneous by means of a flier and bobbin attachment to the spindle. Made in Rhode Island. Was given in 1883, along with the Slater spinning equipment. No background information was given with the wheel. The letters "N E" appear on the wheel. According to the accession folder, a brass plate with the name B.H. Lawton is on the object
In the years before the Revolutionary War, patriotic colonists created new economic networks by forming agreements not to use imported British commodities, such as fine fabrics, furnishings, or tea. They hoped to influence British merchants and manufacturers and also to bridge social divisions among Americans. Colonial women spun linen using tools like this 18th century flax wheel from Rhode Island.
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Quilted glazed wool petticoat, 18th century
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Petticoat
date made: 18th century
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: wool, silk (overall material)
plain weave, glazed; quilted (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 31 in x 113 in; 78.74 cm x 287.02 cm
Description: 18th century woman's quilted petticoat . Deep pink glazed wool face. Quilted with silk thread. Pattern of meandering floral vines against diagonal lines, with geometric diamond quilted border.
counterpane, embroidered
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Bed Cover, Applique
counterpane, embroidered
date made: 1775-1800
maker: Manlow, Nancy
Place Made: United States: Virginia, Petersburg
Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, cotton, linen (overall material)
Measurements: overall; 101 in x 92 in; 255 cm x 232 cm
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Hurdle
Foote-Hubbard families, printed cotton housewife or sewing kit; CT, 1775-1825
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Needlework Kit
housewife
date made: 1775 - 1825
place made: United States: Connecticut, Guilford
Physical Description: cotton (overall material)
plain weave; block-printed (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 17 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in; 44.45 cm x 12.3825 cm
Topics: Textiles
Description: Foote-Hubbard families, printed cotton housewife or sewing kit; CT, 1775-1825. English block-printed cotton fabric in brown, red, and pencil blue. Gathered pouch shape, pocket at each end. Flat tape and cord fasteners. 17 1/2" L x 4 7/8" W.
Lace Manufacturer Token From 1794
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: token, commemorative
token, commemorative, lace
date made: 1794
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2.9 cm; 1 5/32 in
Credit line: Gift of Mr. Mendel L. Peterson, 1961
Topics: Manufacturing industries
metalworking
Industrialization
Lace and lace making
Advertising
Textiles
Description: This token valued at a half penny was issued by a merchant to pay his workers in 1794. The inscription reads "Pay at Leighton Berkhamsted or London - 1794" with a sheep on one side, "Lace Manufactory" and a woman making lace on a pillow under a tree on the other. "Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co” is stamped around the rim. The token could only be used at one of the merchant's stores. Chambers, Langston, Hall & Co were haberdashers at 46 Gutter Lane, Cheapside, London. This type of tokens was possibly issued due to a shortage of official small change coins in the late 18th century.
token, commemorative, lace
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Token, Commemorative
token, commemorative, lace
date made: 1795
Measurements: overall: 2.9 cm; x 1 5/32 in
Credit line: Mr. Mendel L. Peterson
Topics: Lace and lace making
Textiles
1800 - 1825 "Seaweed" Print Pieced Quilt
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: quilt
date made: 1800-1825
maker: unknown
place made: United States
Physical Description: fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, cotton (overall material)
filling, cotton (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 99 in x 91 in; 251 cm x 231 cm
Credit line: Gift of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Topics: Quilts
Furnishings
Textiles
Description: The center of this quilt is pieced with two lengths of a "seaweed” motif roller-printed cotton, edged on either side by a 3 ¼-inch bias strip of the same fabric. Small “seaweed” and “coral” patterns were popular throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, perhaps related to the fashion for “pressing seaweed” as a keepsake of a visit to the seaside. A second roller-printed cotton is used for the 19-inch side and bottom borders, and a roller-printed stripe is used for the 5 ½-inch top border. The lining is pieced with various sizes of plain-woven ivory cotton. Quilted 7 stitches per inch. No separate binding, the front and lining are turned in and sewn with running stitch. Mainly two contrasting printed cottons were effectively used for this example of early 19th century quilting.