Name/Title
Needlework SamplerEntry/Object ID
2010.014.001Description
Elizabeth Malone (b. 1857). Needlework sampler, Charleston, SC, c. 1865/72; 44.5 x 52.7 cm (17.5 x 20.75 in.).
In addition to history, music, reading, and science, girls were taught the art of "Drawing, Painting, and Wax Work, Plain and Ornamental Needle-Work, Lace Work, &c."
Born circa 1857, Elizabeth was the daughter of Paritck and Ellen Malone, who immigrated to America from Ireland. Elizabeth's father was a drayman, or wagon driver. According to the 1860 Charleston Directory, tha family rented a room in the building at the northesast corner of Reid and America Streets. Parick Malone disappeared from public record during the Civil War, suggesting that he died. He likely left his wife and children in a precarious financial situation, as Ellen at some point placed her two daugheters, Anne and Elizabeth, in the orphanage operated by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy.
In 1869, the girls were returned to the custody of their mother. It is unknown if Anne and Elizabeth, also referred to as Bridget in the Sisters' records, ended their studies at the academy and records from the 1860s and 1870s are not extant. Elizabeth may have completed this needlework prior to the Sisters' occupation of the Russell House or immediately after the opening of the academy at 51 Meeting Street.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2010.014Source or Donor
$500 donation by Deadwyler Antiques and Spalding Nix Fine Art & AntiquesAcquisition Method
OtherMade/Created
Artist
Elizabeth Malone (b. 1857)Date made
1865 - 1872Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
SamplerNomenclature Secondary Object Term
EmbroideryNomenclature Primary Object Term
NeedleworkNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLocation
Location
Room
303Building
Nathaniel Russell HouseCategory
PermanentDate
March 31, 2023Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
September 9, 2010Updated By
sferguson@historiccharleston.orgUpdate Date
March 31, 2023