Sarah Prince Fenn's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1775
name: label: maker
content: Fenn, Sarah Prince
notes: label: Description
content: Two block alphabets, no "J," with "V" and "U" reversed. Numbers to 10. Alphabets and numbers colored in groups. These rows separated by simple geometric crossbands. Crown and several simple geometric motifs fill out alphabet lines. At base of sampler, rose, tulip, strawberry plants, and tree climbing one edge. Brown guidelines under tree and flowers. Border of single row of marking cross on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: two-sided cross, marking cross, satin, Algerian eye, stem, outline, queen, straight, tent, crosslet, herringbone, chain, hem. THREAD COUNT: warp 26, weft 31/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Sarah Prince Fenn Aged<br>12 Year 7 months<br>1775"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Sarah was born on February 21, 1763, to Benjamin and Mary Peck Fenn in Milford, Connecticut. She married Theophilus Miles, and they had three children—Mary, Samuel, and Sarah Fenn. Mrs. Miles died in Milford on May 15, 1790, about five months after the birth of their daughter Sarah Fenn Miles. Theophilus married Martha Clark on September 15, 1791.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
topic: label: depicted
content: Alphabets
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Samplers
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Paul S. Conger in memory of Mr. William J. Whitting
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16945
label: catalog number
content: T16945
label: accession number
content: 311079
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen ( ground fabric material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (embroidery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 25.0825 cm x 19.3675 cm