Amanda F. Goodale's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1832
label: associated dates
content: 1982-12-02
name: label: maker
content: Goodale, Amanda F.
notes: label: Description
content: At center, an inscribed monument with stepped top surmounted by sphere. Behind monument, weeping willow tree with crooked trunk; above monument and tree are five sprays of flowers, including roses, rosebuds, tulips, carnations, and star-flowers, with leaves; two sprays are tied with blue bows. At lower corners, two weeping willow trees that, like the monument, stand on ground of French knots. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: satin, straight, split, French knot, stem, cross, crosslet. THREAD COUNT: warp 28, weft 26/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
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content: "To the memory of<br>Guni Goodale who<br>was born March 9th<br>1780<br>and departed this life<br>Jan 27th 1832 aged 52.<br>
label: Description
content: There remaineth there-<br>fore a rest to the peo-<br>ple of God.<br>
label: Description
content: Amanda F. Goodale 1832."<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
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content: Amanda F. Goodale was born ca. 1818 to Guni (1780-1832) and Ann (1776-1864) Goodale in Glastonbury, Connecticut. On July 11, 1848, she was married to Henry Magill (1809-1892), by Rev. Charles R. Fisher. Henry was a farmer. Ann Goodale is living with Henry and Amanda in the 1850 census. Amanda died February 4, 1892 in Windsor, Connecticut.
label: Description
content: Her sampler was probably worked at Miss Cornwall’s school in Glastonbury, Connecticut. All the motifs on her sampler can be found on other samplers worked at Miss Cornwall’s school.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Potomac
topic: label: decorative motif
content: Trees
label: decorative motif
content: Flowers
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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 Mrs. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0617.04
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0617.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0617
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
label: Other Terms
content: sampler; 1832
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
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content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
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content: yellow (overall color)
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content: black(faded) (overall color)
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content: tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: memorial sampler (overall style)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/4 in x 18 3/8 in; 46.355 cm x 46.6725 cm
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 18 3/8 in x 18 1/4 in; x 46.6725 cm x 46.355 cm