Susan Weisel's sampler
name: label: maker
content: Weisel, Susan
notes: label: Description
content: This sampler by Susan Weisel, dating to 1823, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 23, weft 23/ in. The stitches used are cross, satin, straight, Algerian Eye, herringbone, queen, long-armed cross, and rice. The inscription is: “Susan Weisel / aged 10 years / 1823.” Susan Weisel was born October 11, 1813, to Daniel and Margaret Startzman Weisel in Williamsport, Washington Co., Maryland. She married Adam Shoop (c. 1808-1873) and they had four children – Matilda (1836 -), Mary (c. 1838 -), Winfield (c. 1840-1881), and Laura (c. 1844-1936). Susan died January 23, 1907 in Williamsport, Washington Co., Maryland.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Lenore Marie de Grange
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E387255
label: catalog number
content: E.387255
label: accession number
content: 184369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: embroidered (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rose (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: rust (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: light tan ground (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 5/8 in x 17 1/4 in; x 21.9075 cm x 43.815 cm