Adaline Ann Williams's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1810
name: label: maker
content: Williams, Adaline Ann
notes: label: Description
content: Block upper-case alphabet all one color. Block lower-case alphabet all one color. Script alphabet all one color, no "J." Numbers 1 through 9. Rows separated by simple geometric crossbands. At bottom of sampler, three strawberry plants with brown and white seed stitches decorating strawberries. In lower right corner, floral swag with cords and tassels above patterned basket of flowers. Simple geometric border on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, seed. THREAD COUNT: warp 25, weft 24/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
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content: "Adaline Ann Williams Aged 12 Years Done<br>In The 35th Year Of The Independence Of The<br>United States Of America July 24th AD 1810.<br>
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content: Be<i>f</i>[s]et with snares on every hand<br>In lifes uncertain path I stand<br>Saviour divine diffuse thy light<br>To guide my doubtful footsteps right<br>Engage this roving treach'rous heart<br>Great God to chuse the better part<br>To scorn the trifles of a day<br>For joys that none can take away"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
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content: This is probably the Adaline Ann who was born on July 16, 1798, in Hartford, Connecticut, to John and Sarah Powers Williams. She married John Bois Turner on September 25, 1855.
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 Mrs. John H. Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0831.02
label: accession number
content: 1988.0831
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0831.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (ground fabric material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (embriodery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 5/8 in x 14 5/8 in; 42.2275 cm x 37.1475 cm