On View
Not on viewSarah Wheeler Sampler
Artist
Sarah Wheeler
1818 - 1883
Dateca. 1830
Terms
- Samplers
- Linen
- Silk Fiber
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions7.5 × 31 cm (2 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
MarkingsLabel on back: "This is my grandmother's sampler/ made when she was a girl..." (Signed) Helen Whitney Kelley.
Credit LineGift of Miss Helen W. Kelley (1945)
Object numberT1016
DescriptionTextile. Black, yellow, and olive silk embroidery on linen. Three alphabets, numerals 1-14, vowels. Embroidered initials "S.W." Marking sampler, black, gold, green thread on natural linen background; hemmed on 4 sides. ABC's first four rows using cross-stitch; numbers 1-14, AEIOUYW and initials on the last two rows.
Collections
- Needlework
Object number: D1710
