Sylvia Blakeslee's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1750-1775
name: label: maker
content: Blakeslee, Sylvia
notes: label: Description
content: Two long narrow strips of cloth joined with all four edges turned and whipped. One block alphabet with two of some letters; no "J." One crown. Same simple outline often used as spacer in alphabets. No border. Initials "SB." Linen thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross. THREAD COUNT: longer strip warp 38, weft 48/in.<br>; shorter strip warp 36, weft 40/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Sylvia was born on September 28, 1770, to Zophar and Eunice Ives Blakeslee in New Haven, Connecticut. She married Andrews Hall on December 3, 1800, and they had four children—William, Sylvia, Abigail, and Mary. She died on July 19, 1851, in Wallingford, Connecticut. Sylvia's simple sampler was treasured and passed down in her family. Her daughter Sylvia Hall made a more traditional sampler. See Sylvia Hall's sampler.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
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 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prisk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16941
label: catalog number
content: T16941
label: accession number
content: 310734
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (embroidery thread material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (ground fabric material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 70.1675 cm x 1.905 cm