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2018-276, Sampler
Sampler by Charlotee G. Flint
2018-276, Sampler

Sampler by Charlotee G. Flint

DateApril 2, 1811
Maker Charlotee Flint
OriginAmerica, Virginia, Isle of Wight County
MediumSilk embroidery threads on a linen ground of 22 x 22 threads per inch (fiber identification by eye)
DimensionsOH: 23 3/4 " x OW: 17 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase and The Antique Collectors' Guild
Object number2018-276
DescriptionThis is a large rectangular sampler worked in shades of pink, red, green, ivory, rust-brown, blue, and peach silk embroidery threads on a natural color linen ground. From the top the sampler consists of:
Undulating band of cross stitch
Zig zag band of 9 rows of cross stitch
Band of cross stitch
"Charlotee G. Flint's Work April 2 1811" in cross stitch
Band of cross stitch, badly deteriorated
"A-I" "K-U" "Y-Z" uppercase block; star motif in cross stitch
Decorative band of cross stitch
"a-i k [l] m-o [pqrst] v w [x y] z" lowercase block; "1-5 [6] 7 8" in cross stitch
Stylized floral vine band in cross stitch
"A-I K-O" uppercase script in cross stitch
Band of cross stitch
"P-X [Y] Z" uppercase script; "&" "TF"; diamond motif in cross stitch
Decorative band of cross and double cross stitch
"[A] B-H [I] K L [M\] N uppercase block in double cross stitch
Band of eyelet stitch
"O-U [V] W-Y" uppercase block in eyelet stitch; decorative motif in double cross stitch
Undulating band of cross stitch
The lower half of the sampler consists of a large two-story house with pediment, and six chimneys. The rooftop of the house is flanked with initials, a basket of fruit/flowers on the left and a rose sprig on the right. The initials on the left read: "MHG"/ "MSNE"/ "CR." The initials on the right read: "[?] I [K] U E" / "FS CSG" / "CF."
There are additional initials below the house. On the left: "RMB[?] EI HC" and on the right: "[?] T EF IC RW." There is a fence and gate at the bottom of the sampler.

Stitches: cross over two, double cross, eyelet (Reverse of sampler was not available for study; double threads on arm of cross stitches suggest that some of the cross stitches may be reversible)
Label TextIt's likely that Charlotee G. Flint intended to stitch the name Charlotte on her large and colorful sampler. Whether she could spell her own name or not, she certainly was adept with her needle using cross, reversible cross, double cross, and eyelet stitches on her work. The sampler is one of three almost identical samplers that were work in the months of April, May, and June of 1811 by schoolgirls who surely sat side by side under the watch of their teacher, Elizabeth Cowling Eley Moody.
Markings"MHG"/ MSNE"/ "CR"
"[?] I [K] U E" / "FS CSG" / "CF"
"RMB[?] EI HC"
"[?] T EF IC RW"
ProvenanceSold at Pook & Pook Auctions on November 8, 2018; consignor was from Cambridge, Maryland, Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore.