Louisa Breedin's Sampler
notes: label: Description
content: This sampler by Louisa Breedin, dating to 1813, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 27, weft 28/ in. The stitches used are cross, queen, four-sided, eyelet, rice, crosslet, chain, satin, and stem. The inscription is: “Absent or dead still let a friend be dear / A sigh the absent claim the dead a tear / Louisa Breedin,s sampler / June 21st, 1813.” Nothing more is known about Louisa Breedin.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0831.05
label: accession number
content: 1988.0831
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0831.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall ground)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall thread)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/8 in x 16 1/4 in; 43.4975 cm x 41.275 cm