Susan Roberdeau's Sampler
date: label: date made
content: 1811
name: label: maker
content: Roberdeau, Susan Shippen
notes: label: Description
content: This sampler by Susan Roberdeau, dating to 1811, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 28, weft 32/ in. The stitches used are cross, herringbone, Algerian Eye, rice, marking cross, and hem. The inscription is: “Susan Robertdeaus Work/aged 10 YearS.” Also included are the initials "SSB" "ISR" "MSR" and the date 1811. Susan Shippen Roberdeau was born ca. 1802 to Lt. Col. Isaac (1763-1829) and Susan Shippen Blair (1771-1843) Roberdeau in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She died unmarried in Georgetown, DC on September 9, 1884 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. She lived with her sister Frances Roberdeau Buchanan after the death of her mother. See her sister Mary's sampler TE*H35625A.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Germantown
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Roberdeau Buchanan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.H35625.B
label: catalog number
content: H035625.00B
label: accession number
content: 97135
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Sampler
label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall ground)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall thread)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 20.0025 cm