Sampler
EmbroidererEmbroidered by
Caroline Julia Tucker
(American, 1832 - 1897)
Date1843
MediumEmbroidery: silk thread on a plain-woven, undyed linen ground
Frame: wood, paint, glass, mat board
Frame: Wood, glass, paper, metal.
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of ground:): 8 1/8 x 8 1/2in. (20.6 x 21.6cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of George J. and Mary C. Leger
Object number2001.113.1
DescriptionSampler worked in dark brown, dark blue, medium brown, light brown, medium green, cream, mauve, and gray-brown silk threads on a plain-woven linen ground in cross stitches. The sampler is squarish, oriented horizontally. It is laid out with five rows of two alphabets and the numbers 1 through 9 followed by a zero, over an inscription. The inscription is "Caroline J Tuckers/ Samplar [sic] Wrought Je. 12/ 1843 in the 11th yr of her/ age Hartford Ct". Certain lines of alphabets are separated by straight, narrow borders. There is a four-sided narrow border.
The sampler has a double-turned 1/8 inch hem on all four sides.
Letters and Numbers: There are two alphabets. The letters are uppercase block in alphabet 1, and lowercase block in alphabet 2. The letters J and U are present in both alphabets.
Stitches: The sampler is worked in cross stitches over three threads and cross stitches over two threads.
Condition: The sampler probably has light to severe fading.
NotesTechnique Note: There are small dots underneath the underline and superscripted "e" in "Je" and the "th" in "11th".The sampler has a double-turned 1/8 inch hem on all four sides.
Letters and Numbers: There are two alphabets. The letters are uppercase block in alphabet 1, and lowercase block in alphabet 2. The letters J and U are present in both alphabets.
Stitches: The sampler is worked in cross stitches over three threads and cross stitches over two threads.
Condition: The sampler probably has light to severe fading.
Status
Not on view
