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
