Augusta Ann Phillips's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1794
name: label: maker
content: Phillips, Augusta Ann
notes: label: Description
content: Three block alphabets; one double of 26 letters and one script alphabet of 26 letters. Numbers to 21. All rows separated by simple geometric crossbands. In lower half of sampler two-story brick house with two chimneys and double door on stepped terrace, flanked by two pairs of flower baskets. Border of single row of cross-stitch on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, rice, Algerian eye, four-sided, crosslet, stem, outline, French knot. THREAD COUNT: warp 27, weft 31/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "The ro<i>f</i>[s]e, The Sweetly Blooming ro<i>f</i>[s]e<br>Ere from the Tree it<i>f</i>[s] torn<br>It<i>f</i>[s] Like the charm<i>f</i>[s] which Beauty Show<br>In Live<i>f</i>[s] exulting Morn.<br>
label: Description
content: Augu<i>f</i>[s]ta Ann PhilliPs June<br>The 18 1794"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Nothing is known about the life of Augusta Ann Phillips.
place: label: Place Made
content: World
topic: label: depicted
content: Flowers
label: depicted
content: Architecture, Domestic Buildings
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E309069
label: catalog number
content: E309069
label: catalog number
content: E 309069
label: accession number
content: 63668
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: 17 1/2 in x 17 in; 44.45 cm x 43.18 cm