Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sampler
Object Number:
1956.154
Date:
1872
Medium:
Cotton, wool
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 22.5 x 15.9 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: across bottom in red yarn: "JESSIE / AUG. '72."
Description:
Vertical rectangular starched cotton unfinished sampler with various colors of wool yarn; horizontal rows of alphabets on top half, some separated by rows of design, random stitching and inscription in bottom half; stitched in cross and running stitches.
Gallery Label:
This sampler was made by Jessie Elizabeth Haw (1858-1934), daughter of Caspar Haw and his wife Hannah Valentine West.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Keppler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
