Mary W. Tyler's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1775-1825
name: label: maker
content: Tyler, Mary W.
notes: label: Description
content: Two block alphabets. Upper-case alphabet has 26 letters; lower-case alphabet has no "J." One script alphabet with no "J" or "U." Numbers 1 through 14. Border of a vine with triangular flowers or leaves. Silk embroidery thread on linsey-woolsey; blue linen warp, tan wool weft. STITCHES: cross, Algerian eye, hem. THREAD COUNT: warp 27, weft 26/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Embroidry [sic] decks<br>The canvas round<br>And yields a pleasing view<br>So virtue tends<br>to deck the mind<br>and form its blisful [sic] state<br>Mary W Tyler aged 12 years<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: This may have been made by Mary Welles Tyler, born on April 2, 1792, to Nathan and Nancy Tyler, or by Mary Whitwell Tyler, born on June 23, 1798, to Royall II and Mary Tyler.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: World
label: associated place
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0764.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0764.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0764
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk thread (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: embroidered (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 14 3/4 in; 41.91 cm x 37.465 cm