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Sampler (USA)
This is a Sampler. It was embroidered by Julia Ann Nivers. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is silk embroidery on linen foundation and its technique is embroidered in cross, satin, and eyelet stitches on plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.
Julia Ann Niver’s sampler features a townscape beneath three alphabets and a religious verse, enclosed in a border of stylized strawberries. Of the buildings depicted on the sampler, only the Hopewell Presbyterian Church can be identified. Construction on the Gothic Revival building, which still stands today in Julia’s hometown of Crawford, New York, began in 1831. The first services were held there in 1832, which may have been why Julia chose to highlight the church on her 1833 sampler.
Born in 1823, Julia Ann Niver was the daughter of Elizabeth Rumsey (1795–1863) and Ephraim Niver (1789–1879). She had at least one sibling, an older sister, Rachel Ann (1819–1898). In 1849, Julia married David Smith (b. 1823), a farmer. The couple had a son, Charles W., born in 1853, who also became a farmer. Julia lived until at least 1900, at which time she was seventy-six, widowed, and living with her son, two farm laborers, and a domestic servant.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Celebrating a new church.
This object was
bequest of
Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
It is credited Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.
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Its dimensions are
H x W: 48 x 50 cm (18 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Julia Ann Nivers Sampler town of Crawford 1833
Cite this object as
Sampler (USA); Embroidered by Julia Ann Nivers (American, 1823 - ?); silk embroidery on linen foundation; H x W: 48 x 50 cm (18 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-4
