Sampler, Mary Middleton Schoolbred

detail of sampler

detail of sampler

Name/Title

Sampler, Mary Middleton Schoolbred

Entry/Object ID

94.1.3

Description

Sampler, Mary Middleton Schoolbred Linen Needlework Sampler, C.1801, By Mary Middleton Shoolbred of Charleston. Reads "Virtues the Chiefest Beauty of the Mind/the Noblest Adornment of Humankind/ Virtue Our Safeguard and Guiding Star/ That Stirs Up Reason When Our Senses Err."

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

94.1.3

Source or Donor

Patla's Antiques

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Date made

1801

Place

Location

Made By Mary Middleton Shoolbred

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Sampler

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Embroidery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

16 in

Width

16 in

Dimension Notes

Frame Size: 22 1/2" x 22 1/2"

Location

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

June Hawkins

Date

June 24, 2002

Notes

Until: / /

Location

Building

NR 303 D

Category

Permanent

Location

Room

204

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Category

Permanent

Location

Building

NR Painting Storage "A"

Category

Permanent

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

backed with acidic corrugated cardboard

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

58.32.1-12, 71.6.1

General Notes

Note

Notes: [photo] __[slide]y __[transparency] __[other] Exhibited, Charleston Museum, 10/11/2001-1/13/2002, "This Have I Done: Lowcountry Samplers" Status: OK Location Details1: 1 User10: 172005 Categ 3: Benbridge Portrait of Arthur Middleton and His Daughter

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 24, 1998

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

May 24, 2023