Ann Louisa Ghequiere's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1799
name: label: Associated Name
content: Ghequiere, Ann Louisa
label: maker
content: Chequiere, Ann Louisa
notes: label: Description
content: Five block alphabets of 26 letters, numbers to 14. Each row of alphabets and numbers different color. All these rows separated by narrow geometric crossbands. Border of geometric strawberry vine and single row of herringbone stitch on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, long-armed cross, satin, herringbone, eyelet, four-sided, rice, queen, hem. THREAD COUNT: warp 28, weft 28/in.<br>
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content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
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content: "EDUCATION<br>
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content: Youth like <i>f</i>[s]oftened Wax, with Ea<i>f</i>[s]e will take<br>Tho<i>f</i>[s]e Images that fir<i>f</i>[s]t impre<i>f</i>[s]sions make.<br>If tho<i>f</i>[s]e are fair, their Actions will be bright,<br>If foul, they'll clouded be with Shades of Night.<br>
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content: Ann Louisa Ghequiere [f]inished in her 9th year."<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
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content: Ann Louisa was born about 1792 to Charles and Harriet Halley Ghequiere in Baltimore, Maryland. She married Dr. Martin Fenwick of West River, Maryland, on August 21, 1815, at St. Peter Pro-Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland. The marriage was performed by Archbishop John Carroll, with whom her father had been friendly for many years. They had four children—;Harriet, Louisa Claire, Chloe, and Henry. Ann Louisa died on February 22, 1864 in West River.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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 Miss Harriet Fenwick Donaldson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14210
label: catalog number
content: T14210
label: accession number
content: 59228
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: 14 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in; 37.1475 cm x 34.925 cm