Sampler
Object number2017.41.5
Made by
Francis Zoglmann Lorson
MediumFabric
Credit LineGift of Phyllis Tomko
DescriptionRectangular off-white embroidered sampler. Off-white woven fabric with polychrome embroidery. Floral and geometric embroidered borders. Top half of sampler has yellow and green embroidered alphabet in capital letters. Bottom half of sampler has polychrome floral embroidery above red embroidered maker name. Left and right edges are finished edges and top and bottom edges are hemmed.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 10.625 × 13.75 × 0.25 in. (27 × 34.9 × 0.6 cm)InscriptionsYellow and green embroidered text on top half "ABCDEFGH / JKLMNOPQ / RSTUVWXZ".
Red embroidered text along bottom "Franziska Zoglmann".
Historical NotesThis sampler was made by Francis Zoglmann. Francis came to Pittsburgh in 1899, at the age of 15 after her mother Barbara died. Her brother Wolfgang had come to Pittsburgh in 1893, and opened Zoglmann’s Saloon at 601 Carson Street. The Zoglmann’s had a brother Anton who stayed in Germany. Francis worked at her brother’s business and the family lived above. She met her future husband, Mathias Lorson, who was employed at A.M. Byers, when he would come in to the bar to cash his checks. Francis and Mathias were married in 1911. They had four children, but Mathias died of a brain tumor when their oldest child was 18. According to donor Phyllis Tomko, Francis worked on and off at the bar into her old age, she remembers her going in on Tuesdays to clean.
Related person
Mathias Lorson
(1880 - 1931)
Related person
Wolfgang Zoglmann
Related institution
Zoglmann's Barroom Hotel
Related institution
A.M. Byers
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