Sampler
- Title:
- Sally Champney Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Creator:
- Champney, Sally, 1792-1864
- Date:
- circa1801
- Material:
- Silk floss on flax
linen ground - Description:
- Schoolgirl sampler of Sally Champney (1792-1864). Natural flax/ linen ground sampler worked with white, beige, blue, blue/green, olive, yellow, black, pink and brown silk floss. Scroll border on all 4 sides, with a row of triangles across the top and bottom. Includes 2 alphabets and numbers 1-8. Motifs include geometric floral vine, flowers comprised of 3 triangles each, yellow bird, urn of flowers, and baskets of fruit. Worked into sampler: "May virtue mark my footsteps here/ and point the way to heaven." Inscription across the bottom reads: "Sally Champney aged 9 New Ipswich July 1801."
- People:
- Champney, Sally, 1792-1864
- Place of Origin:
- New Ipswich, NH
- Collection Name:
- Monadnock Center Sampler Collection
- Item Number:
- 1950.104.649
- Accession Number:
- 1950.104
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Monadnock Center for History and Culture at Peterborough Historical Society.
- Participating Organization:
- Monadnock Center for History and Culture at Peterborough Historical Society
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