Phoebe E. Downing's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1816
name: label: maker
content: Downing, Phoebe E.
notes: label: Description
content: Three block alphabets of 26 letters and numbers to 0. Five scattered eyelet stitches and short row of tent and reverse tent. Initials "ID," "ED," MSD," "PED," "RID," and "SWD." Border of simple geometric band on top and two sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, rice, eyelet, crosslet, tent. THREAD COUNT: warp 23, weft 28/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Phebe E 18 16 Downing"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Phoebe was born on December 23, 1807, to Joseph and Elizabeth Webster Downing in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Since the letters "I" and "J" were interchangeable, the initials "ID" were for her father, "ED" for her mother, "MSD" for her sister Mary S., "PED" for Phoebe, "RID" for brother Richard J., and "SWD" for sister Sarah W. An older brother Wesley R. died before the sampler was made, and another sister Thomazine was born after the sampler was made. Phoebe did not marry and died on August 20, 1849.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Downingtown
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 Col. and Mrs. Whitney Ashbridge
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17754
label: catalog number
content: T17754
label: accession number
content: 316364
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: 7 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 31.75 cm