Samplers
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Private Note: AAT has term: samplers (embroidery)
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sampler by Ellen Amelia Arnold, age 13
Item
Identifier: M069.04.0002.00001.00003.00001
Abstract
Sampler stitched by Ellen Amelia Arnold, aged 13. Amelia married James Porter in 1948.
Dates:
1750-1930
Sewing Book, circa 1890
Item
Identifier: B106.01.0009.00001
Abstract
The book contains handwritten directions on sewing techniques with examples of each stitch attached on the adjoining page. Fannie Anfenger's name is inscribed on the cover of her sewing exercise book, which she used for classes at Gilpin Elementary School. Fannie Anfenger (1885-1965) was the daughter of Louis and Louise Schlesinger Anfenger. She married Sidney Rinds and they had one son, Louis Rinds.
Dates:
circa 1890