Amanda Hinds' Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1818
name: label: maker
content: Hinds, Amanda
notes: label: Description
content: One script alphabet; no "J," "O," "T," or "U." Two block alphabets, one of 26 letters; these rows separated by simple crossbands. All lettering on sampler black. Below inscription, tulip, paired flower baskets, and trees. Center square outlined by sawtooth band, as outer edge of border. Border of wide geometric flowering vine with pair of small geometric motifs in upper corners and pair of flower baskets in lower corners. All four edges hemstitched. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: satin, cross, eyelet, queen, long-armed cross, hem. THREAD COUNT: warp 30, weft 27/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Amanda Hind<i>f</i>[s]<br>1818"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Amanda may have been the daughter of Abraham Hinds or the daughter of David and Hannah Tucker Hinds.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: World
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. Carl H. Sebenius, from the collection of his mother Mrs. C. Harold Sebenius
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14663
label: catalog number
content: T14663
label: accession number
content: 279148
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: 16 1/2 in x 16 7/8 in; 41.91 cm x 42.8625 cm