Priscilla Dutch's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1808
name: label: maker
content: Dutch, Priscilla
notes: label: Description
content: Script upper-case alphabet, & at end; second line completed with geometric vine; block upper-case alphabet; lower-case alphabet, & at end. Fourth row completed with geometric vine. Fifth row, numbers to 14, completed on each side with geometric vine. Alphabets and numbers separated by simple crossbands; simple crossbands separate above from Family Record and inscription. Geometric vine separates inscription and verse. Floral motif on each side of verse. All above enclosed in simple geometric border. Outer border of flowering vine that emanates from Grecian-style urn at bottom center and bows at top center, at lower left, and at lower right. Inked pattern for outer border visible. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: satin, encroaching satin, queen, chain, outline, cross. THREAD COUNT: warp 32, weft 28/in.<br>
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content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
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content: "Family Record<br>Daniel Dutch born <i>f</i>[s]eptember 3 1765 Sarah Dodge born June 12 1766<br>were married september 17 1786 Nathaniel Dodge Dutch born<br> september 10 1787 Daniel Dutch born march 7 1790 died may 12 1791<br>Sarah Dutch born march 20 1792 Daniel Dutch born december 28<br>1794 Priscilla Dutch born september 9 1797 Mary Dutch born<br> november 12 1800 Isaac Dodge Dutch born december 21 1803<br>Mrs Sarah Dutch died February 7 1808 in the 42 year of her age<br>Priscilla Dutch wrought this sampler in the 11th year of her age 1808<br>As this fair sampler shall continue still<br>The guide and model of my future skill<br>May Christ the great exemplar of mankind<br>Direct my ways and regulate my mind"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
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content: Priscilla was born on September 9, 1797, to Daniel and Sarah Dodge Dutch, near Ipswich, Massachusetts. She married Ebenezer Putnam, a widower, on May 7, 1844. They did not have any children, but Priscilla was a mother to the thirteen children of Ebenezer and his first wife, Betsey Webb Putnam. Priscilla died on April 18, 1856, in Massachusetts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Ipswich
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0083.01
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0083.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0083
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: 21 in x 23 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 59.69 cm