Susan H. Salter's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1826
label: associated dates
content: 1967 06 09
name: label: maker
content: Salter, Susan H.
notes: label: Description
content: One script alphabet no "J." Two block alphabets with 26 letters and numbers to 0. One partial and three complete geometric crossbands. Two small flower baskets and border on all four sides. Framing center is simple zig-zag, geometric strawberry vine in middle, Greek-key band at outside edge. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, queen. THREAD COUNT: warp 29, weft 32/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Remember now thy Creator in the days<br>of thy youth while the evil days come not<br>nor the years draw nigh when thou shalt<br>say i have no pleasure in them.<br>
label: Description
content: Susan H Salter aged 10 years Elizabethtown<br>7th May 1826"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Susan Henrietta was born on April 7, 1816, to Thomas and Susan Henrietta Williamson Salter in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. She married George W. Wallace in 1843 and they had three children—William, Thomas, and Elizabeth. The sampler descended in the family of her sister, Harietta Matilda Spencer Salter, who married Elisha Codwise.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New Jersey, Elizabeth
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 Louise Salter Codwise
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H11981
label: accession number
content: 51998
label: catalog number
content: H11981
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rust (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 45.085 cm x 34.925 cm