Sampler

Object/Artifact

Mississippi Valley Textile Museum

Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2001.20.01

Description

Rectangular sampler with purple wool on a white canvas. Consists of the alphabet and numerical sequence. Gold fabric backing and border sewn on. Created by Doris Sillibourne. Doris Sillibourne was born in 1894, was brought up on the south coast of England attending a church of England School for girls. She made this sampler when she was 16 years old and won many area awards. During WWI she helped nurses at the local hospital where she met her wounded Canadian airman, Romeo Chevier-going to Canada as his bride after the war. They settled in St. Lambert, near Montreal. He worked many years with Montreal, Light, Heat and Power as a provincial inspector. Doris kept up her keen interest and creative abilities in needlework in community and church events-she also kept a beautiful garden. The donators parents enjoyed being their neighbours in St. Lambert and the donators husband and donator visited them often in their retirement years in Portland, Ont. When Mays died in 1980, and Doris moved to a nursing home in Brockville, Ontario, the donator, Eleanor Gilmore became heir to many of their treasures. Doris would live until she was 90 years old, passing away in 1984.

Collection

Home crafts Collection

Cataloged By

Irwin, Jennifer

Made/Created

Artist

Doris Sillibourne

Date made

1910

Notes

Technique: Cross Stich

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

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Crocheting

Dimensions

Width

22-3/8 in

Length

28-5/16 in

Material

Wool, canvas.

Location

Container

Box 1

Shelf

Shelf 67

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Date

November 7, 2023

Location

Shelf

124, 124

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Moved By

Fournier, Sarah

Date

July 5, 2017

Location

Shelf

114, 114

Room

Collections Room

Building

M.V.T.M.

Moved By

Fournier, Sarah

Date

July 5, 2017

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Cotter, Ellen Status Date: 2022-06-13

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

September 15, 2001

Updated By

r.milton@mvtm.ca

Update Date

July 9, 2024