Maria Minton's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1826
name: label: maker
content: Minton, Maria
notes: label: Description
content: One script and two block alphabets of all 26 letters; all these rows separated by simple crossbands. Numbers to 9 (below inscription). All letters and numbers worked in black. In lower register, hearts, flower-basket, flowering plants, birds. Inscription in solidly filled lozenge. Border of simple geometric band on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on cotton canvas ground. STITCHES: cross, long-armed cross, herringbone, queen. THREAD COUNT: warp 23, weft 23/in.<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Inscription:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "Maria Minton<br>aged 13 years"<br>
label: Description
content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Nothing is known about the life of Maria Minton.
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. Roger Pryor Templin.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11675
label: catalog number
content: T11675
label: accession number
content: 219034
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 11 in; 44.45 cm x 27.94 cm