Anna Leadbeater's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1852
name: label: maker
content: Leadbeater, Anna
notes: label: Description
content: Six block alphabets. One double of 26 letters. Numbers through 13. Alphabets and numbers colored in pairs or groups with all rows separated by simple geometric crossbands. No border. Cotton thread on cotton ground. STITCHES: cross, four-sided, double cross, rice, Algerian eye, crosslet. THREAD COUNT: warp 25, weft 25/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Anna Leadbeater<br>to her Father<br>8 mo 28th<br>1852.<br>Age 10"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Anna was born on October 2, 1842, to John and Mary P. Stabler Leadbeater in Alexandria, Virginia. John Leadbeater was the owner of the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary in Alexandria, which today is an apothecary museum. She married Henry C. Slaymaker, a Civil War veteran, on November 6, 1866, and they had three children—Isabel, Henry C. Jr., and Frank. Henry Sr. died of consumption on February 28, 1880, and Anna died on February 15, 1906.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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. Clarence Milton Yohn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12612
label: catalog number
content: T12612
label: accession number
content: 235642
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (thread material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (ground material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in; 41.91 cm x 31.75 cm