Susan Roberdeau's Sampler
Object Details
- Description
- This sampler by Susan Roberdeau, dating to 1811, is stitched with silk embroidery thread on a linen ground with a thread count of warp 28, weft 32/ in. The stitches used are cross, herringbone, Algerian Eye, rice, marking cross, and hem. The inscription is: “Susan Robertdeaus Work/aged 10 YearS.” Also included are the initials "SSB" "ISR" "MSR" and the date 1811. Susan Shippen Roberdeau was born ca. 1802 to Lt. Col. Isaac (1763-1829) and Susan Shippen Blair (1771-1843) Roberdeau in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She died unmarried in Georgetown, DC on September 9, 1884 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery. She lived with her sister Frances Roberdeau Buchanan after the death of her mother. See her sister Mary's sampler TE*H35625A.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Roberdeau Buchanan
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1811
- ID Number
- TE.H35625.B
- catalog number
- H035625.00B
- accession number
- 97135
- maker
- Roberdeau, Susan Shippen
- Object Name
- Embroidery, Sampler
- sampler
- Physical Description
- linen (overall ground)
- silk (overall thread)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 20.0025 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Germantown
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Record ID
- nmah_639635
