M. A. Hofman's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1848
name: label: maker
content: Hofman, M. A.
notes: label: Description
content: Flowers, people, building with fence, crossbands, inscriptions. Top and sides have floral border with eight-pointed star at center top. German alphabet of capitals, no "J." Script alphabet of capitals, no "J." Lower-case alphabet has both "I" and "J" with "w, x, y, and z" smaller than rest of alphabet to make them fit. Silk embroidery thread on cotton ground. STITCHES: cross, satin. THREAD COUNT: warp 25, weft 26/in<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "School No 7"<br>"M. A. Hofman<br>Carlisle<br>1848"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Public schools were established in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and needlework and sampler making were part of the curriculum. After grade three, the girls and boys where separated and went to different schools. For the girls, one afternoon each week was devoted to needlework. There are samplers in existence from School No. 7 and School No. 8. It is thought this work was done under the tutelage of Miss Fanny Webber, who taught from 1836 to 1863. M. A. Hofman has not yet been identified.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Carlisle
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 the children of John Lacey and Persis Anne Phillips: Katherine H. Brighoff, Sarah J.Yarborough, George Ross Phillips, and John L. Phillips
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0130.01
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0130.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0130
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (ground fabric material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (embroidery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/4 in x 20 1/8 in; 69.215 cm x 51.1175 cm