Lucretia M. Hand's Sampler
date: label: date made
content: 1810
name: label: maker
content: Hand, Lucretia M.
notes: label: Description
content: Lucretia added to her basic marking sampler a decoration of flowering plants, which stand for nature. It is hemstitched on all sides with dark thread. Lucretia included the inscription: “Lucretia M Hand.” The sampler is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 32, weft 39/in. The stitches used are: cross, Algerian eye, back, queen, and hem.
label: Description
content: Lucretia M. Hand was born on October 7, 1799, in Sag Harbor (Long Island), New York to Jared (1762-) and Beulah Hedges (1769 –1828) Hand. On July 30, 1823, she married, Dr. George Washington Harris of Greenport, Long Island. She died on Long Island in 1863.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Bequest of Miss Mabel E. Harris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14845
label: catalog number
content: T14845
label: accession number
content: 282859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk on linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in; 29.5275 cm x 19.3675 cm