Sampler
EmbroidererEmbroidered by
Elizabeth Potter Moore
(American, 1822 - 1852)
Date1831
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of visible ground): 14 x 16 3/4in. (35.6 x 42.5cm)
Primary Dimensions (height x width framed): 15 3/4 x 19in. (40 x 48.3cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2008.3.0
Label TextNine-year-old Elizabeth Potter Moore organized her sampler into nine
octagonal frames ringing a central landscape. Each corner picture is
different (notice the fashionably dressed woman and girl strolling at lower
left). The central panel likely depicts the Norwichtown green, site of
the original Norwich settlement in 1659. Four buildings correspond to
historic structures lining the green (clockwise from left): the one-story
Lathrop schoolhouse (built 1782); the First Congregational Church’s fifth
meetinghouse (built 1801), the old Norwich courthouse (a tall, five-bay
structure built in 1762), and a substantial dwelling house, identified as a
tavern by the sign hanging from a corner post (possibly the
Carew-Huntington tavern, as rebuilt after 1758).
octagonal frames ringing a central landscape. Each corner picture is
different (notice the fashionably dressed woman and girl strolling at lower
left). The central panel likely depicts the Norwichtown green, site of
the original Norwich settlement in 1659. Four buildings correspond to
historic structures lining the green (clockwise from left): the one-story
Lathrop schoolhouse (built 1782); the First Congregational Church’s fifth
meetinghouse (built 1801), the old Norwich courthouse (a tall, five-bay
structure built in 1762), and a substantial dwelling house, identified as a
tavern by the sign hanging from a corner post (possibly the
Carew-Huntington tavern, as rebuilt after 1758).
Status
Not on view
