Name/Title
Jane Partridge, 1774Entry/Object ID
2011.2.2Tags
Canvas work, Colonial British America, Counted-thread embroidery, Embroidery, SamplerDescription
The colorful bottom bank with oversized, stylized flower in a landscape, with maker's signature and date in black ground band above; upper bands, several with black ground, include two alphabets and various decorative motifs; stylized in floral meandering border on three sides; maple frame with cherry beadUse
To practice letters and record patterns; a school exerciseContext
In 1759 Thaddeus Partridge of Roxbury and Jane Johnson of Boston announced their intention to marry. The sampler maker, their daughter Jane, was born November 19, 1760. On March 31, 1779, five years after making her sampler, she married William Dorr (1757-1840) of Roxbury. At age 18, William served as a fifer in a company out of Roxbury, and accompanied General Benedict Arnold on the expedition to Quebec in September 1775, marching through the Maine wilderness. Published information denotes that it was on that march that William found an idyllic spot near a spring formed from the Kennebec River, and returned to it with his wife Jane in 1788, thus founding the town of Hallowell, outsied of Augusta. They raised their nine children there and remained an important part of Hallowell. Jane Partridge Dorr died on 1849 at the age of 89.Collection
ERS Sampler CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1774Time Period
18th CenturyPlace
* Untyped Place
Roxbury, MAInscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
CenterTranscription
Jane Partridge her work ended 1774Language
EnglishLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
SamplerNomenclature Secondary Object Term
EmbroideryNomenclature Primary Object Term
NeedleworkNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsGetty AAT
Concept
Colonial British American, samplers (embroidery)Hierarchy Name
EmbroideryDimensions
Dimension Description
SightHeight
19-3/4 inWidth
14-1/4 inDimension Description
FrameHeight
24-1/4 inWidth
18-3/4 inMaterial
Embroidery thread (silk), LinenColor
Black, Blue, Brown, Green, YellowCondition
Overall Condition
Very Good