Sarah A. Skillin's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1835
label: associated dates
content: 1982-12-02
name: label: maker
content: Skillin, Sarah A.
notes: label: Description
content: Family genealogy is centered above pair of weeping willow trees. At sides of sampler, vines with roses and buds twist around columns and continue upward forming an arch at top. One death record and worker's name at bottom, below weeping willow trees. Brown guidelines under all free embroidery. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: four-sided, crosslet, cross, satin, straight, chain, stem. THREAD COUNT: warp 28, weft 31/in.<br>
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content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
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content: "GENEALOGY<br>
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content: Simeon Skillin born Cape Elizabeth, Me May 31 1787.<br>Nancy Adams born Castine, Me Aug 26, 1789.<br>Married Aug 16 1812.<br>OFFSPRING<br>Edward P Skillin born Portland Me April. 28 1813.<br>Charles P Skillin born Portland Me Aug 18 1814.<br>George W Skillin born Portland Me Dec 18 1816.<br>Simeon Skillin born Portland Me May 12 1818.<br>Robert Skillin born Portland Me Oct 31 1819.<br>Sarah A Skillin born Portland Me Jun 29 1821.<br>Silas B Skillin born Portland Me Oct 29 1822.<br>Oliver P Skillin born Portland Me May 19 1824.<br>Eliza M Skillin born Portland Me Dec 25 1826.<br>Nancy P Skillin born Portland Me Feb 25 1829.<br>Silas B Skillin born Portland Me Aug 26 1830.<br>Mary Skillin born Portland Me July 17 1831.<br>Deaths<br>
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content: Silas B Skillin died<br>APr. 25, 1826.<br>
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content: By Sarah A Skillin<br>1835."<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
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content: Sarah Adams was born on June 29, 1821, to Simeon and Nancy Adams Skillin in Portland, Maine. Sarah married Smith C. Hadlock, a fisherman, on July 14, 1843, and died in Maine on January 8, 1889. They had eight children—Harriet A., Emma C., Nancy A., Samuel, Oliver E., Cyrena A., Henry B., and Sarah G.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Portland
label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Potomac
topic: label: decorative motif
content: Flowers
label: referenced
content: Genealogy
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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. Robert B. Stephens
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0617.03
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0617.03
label: accession number
content: 1983.0617
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
label: Other Terms
content: sampler; 1835
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
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content: linen (overall material)
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content: green (overall color)
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content: blue (overall color)
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content: pink (overall color)
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content: black (overall color)
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content: ivory (overall color)
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content: tan ground (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidery (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/8 in x 17 5/8 in; 53.6575 cm x 44.704 cm