Sampler

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2008.0150

Description

A framed sampler with numbers 0-13, cursive and print alphabets in upper and lower case. The bottom reads "Nathaniel Palmer Stantons sampler wrought at Miss Sheffield School for his dear mother Stonington Apr 26th 1861." It is sewn in colors of red, green and gray (blue) Old numbers: 0.522; 184 there is a circular sticker missing from right lower corner Gift of Mrs. Albert Pilling. Albert Pilling of Westerly (d. 1937) m. Jesse Winifred Peckham (1861-1934)

Collection

Textile

Made/Created

Date made

1861

Place

Location

Stonington, CT

Notes

Made: Stanton