Sampler

Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2005.15

Description

Square sampler of blue and white silk on a plain-woven linen ground. The sampler consists of multiple alphabets (capital marking, script, numbers 1-11, marking alternates, and lowercase marking) follows by the inscription, "Achsah Foster/Made in school A.D. 1814 by Roxcinda Richardson/in the 9th year of her age." The bottom portion of the sampler is pictorial with a single scene showing a four-bay house, several trees, some birds' nests or bird baths on stands, and a man in a top hat and tailcoat walking up a hill.

Context

Made by Roxcinda Richardson of Orange, VT in 1814

Acquisition

Accession

2005.15

Source or Donor

Beard, Elsie

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Richardson, Roxcinda (b. 1808)

Date made

1814

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

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

12 in

Width

13-1/4 in

Material

Linen, Silk

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Foster, Aschah

Related Places

Place

Town

Orange

County

Orange County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America