Sampler
Object number96.13.1 a-c
Artist
Margaret Sturgeon
Datec. 1834
MediumFabric; Thread; Wood; Glass
Credit LineGift of Mr. Ray O. Hill
DescriptionSampler, executed in six colors, primarily cross-stitching on open-weave linen. The stitched image shows a view a building, at center the main building, with columned portico and ivy climbing up the gable end. Upper right there an apple blossom and sprig, to the left of this a poem.Dimensions22.75 x 23.125 in. (57.8 x 58.7 cm)Signedstitched below building, Braddock's field Seminary
InscriptionsFamed Edgeworth round thy sacred walls...; entire image encircled by a vine-and-blossom border;
Historical NotesThis sampler was created by Margaret Sturgeon at age 11.Label TextMargaret Sturgeon was a student at Edgeworth Ladies Seminary, and the school is featured here in a sampler that she stitched around 1834, at the age of 11. The school was established originally in Pittsburgh, then moved to Braddock’s Field, where Sturgeon attended, and then finally moved to the Sewickley Valley. It remained there and offered women instruction in such subjects as Botany, Plain Sewing, and Intellectual Philosophy, until its eventual closing.
Related institution
Edgeworth Ladies Academy
Terms
On View
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