Jane Westervelt's Sampler
date: label: associated dates
content: 1988 12 02 / 1988 12 02
name: label: maker
content: Westervelt, Jane Crolius
notes: label: Description
content: This sampler by Jane Westervelt, dating to 1840, is stitched with wool embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 23, weft 33/ in. The stitches used are cross, herringbone, and stem. The inscription is: “Jane Westervelt her Work aged 10 year.” Jane Crolius Westervelt was born October 13, 1830, to Abraham and Marion McKenzie Westervelt in New York, New York. She married Anderson Jay Hagan on January 9, 1851, in New York. They had five children: Edward, Emma, Harry, Frank, and Mary.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0831.03
label: accession number
content: 1988.0831
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0831.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sampler
label: Other Terms
content: Sampler; 1840
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rust (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: olive (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 13 1/8 in x 17 3/4 in; x 33.3375 cm x 45.085 cm