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Title	Sampler, Louisa Hasbrouck
Creator	Hasbrouck, Louisa, 1831-1867
Date.Original	1845?
Description	Undated needlework sampler created by Louisa Hasbrouck, constructed when she was a young girl. The sampler consists of the alphabet in capital letters and numerals 1 through 8 in red crossstitch. Each line is separated by different crossstitch designs in blue, black and red. The last line has several 8's and Louisa's name in a double running stitch. Louisa names appears again at the bottom in a similar double running stitch, with an "L" to the left in a crossstitch, upright or oblong crossstitch. The entire sampler, except where it is torn on the bottom, has a black crossstitched border.; A (needlework) sampler is a piece of embroidery produced primarily to practice in working numerals and alphabets. Other samplers could include figures, motifs, decorative borders and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date. These needlework's were never intended for framing, rather they were rolled up and unrolled as a reference of a pattern or stitch. Space was reserved at the bottom by the embroiderer, so when new skills or designs were acquired the stitches could easily be added at the bottom. Linen cloth was most commonly used as the backing, although wool and cotton was also used. The samplers were often embroidered with silk or linen thread, and after the 1830's soft Berlin wool yarns were used. The embroiders were often girls between the age of five and twelve.
Subject.LCSH	Huguenots; Students;
Subject.TGM	Needlework Alphabets (Writing systems) Girls Education
Subject.Local	Hasbrouck family
Personal Name	Hasbrouck, Louisa, 1831-1867
Location	Gardiner - Ulster County - New York
HRVH Topic	Education Daily Life People Women
Language	eng
Format.Original	wool, cotton, needlework; 5.92 x 11.377 in. ( 15 x 28.9 cm.)
Resource Type	Physical Object
Source	Locust Lawn Farm
Donor	Young, Annette Innis, 1885-1975
Resource Identifier	sampler_LouisaHasbrouck.jpeg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	2008-05-02
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/notiontosew
Digital Collection	A Notion to Sew
Holding Institution	Locust Lawn Farm
Contact Information	2683 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 http://www.lgny.org
Rights	Locust Grove holds copyright and reproduction rights. Permission for reproduction required.
Technical Data	Archival TIFF - MicroTEK 9800XL; Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0; 24 bit color; 600 ppi; RGB; 7,584,837 bytes: 3552x6826 pixels; no compression

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