Elizabeth Holland's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1737
name: label: maker
content: Holland, Elizabeth
notes: label: Description
content: Three block alphabets; no "J" or "U." All alphabet letters and words in inscription done in alternating colors; geometric crossbands (some of them geometric flowering vines) separate all rows. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, two-sided cross, marking cross, satin, straight, fern, Algerian eye, herringbone, long-armed cross. THREAD COUNT: warp 38, weft 39/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "ELISABeTH HOLLAND IS MY NA<br>Me ENGLISH IS MY NATION BOST<br>ON IS MY DWeLLING PLACe<br>AND CHRIST IS MY SALVATION<br> WHeN I AM DeAD AND GONE<br>AND ALL MY BONeS ARE ROTeN<br>I LeAVe THIS SAMPLeR BeHIND<br>I MAY NOT Be FORGOTTeN FINIS<br>HeD IN THe 13 YeAR OF HeR<br>AGe OCTOBeR 14 1737"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Elizabeth was born on June 28, 1725, to Samuel and Elizabeth Holland in Boston, Massachusetts. She married Edward Gyles in Boston on her birthday, June 28, 1743. They had two sons, Edward and Samuel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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 Mrs. John H. Murray, in honor of Mrs. Grace Rogers Cooper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18126
label: catalog number
content: T18126
label: accession number
content: 323477
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: 18 1/4 in x 8 1/4 in; 46.355 cm x 20.955 cm