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Title
Sampler
Subject
Samplers
;
Textiles
;
Needlework
;
Embroidery
;
Worthington
,
Eleanor
,
1777-1848
Time Period
1790s
Place
Adena
(Ohio)
;
Chillicothe
(Ohio)
;
Ross
County
(Ohio)
Description
This
sampler
was
made
by
Eleanor
Swearingen
Worthington
in
Virginia
in
1790
. This
sampler
is
made
of
unbleached
linen
and
red
and
blue-green-colored
thread
, and has
cross-stitched
letters
and
numbers
.
It
reads
"
Anno
Domini
1790
/
A
B
CD
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
9
/
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
8
/
W
X
Y
Z
&
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
/
Eleanor
Swearing
/
en
Was
Born
The
/
22
of
September
/
1777
/
Phebes.
" The
alphabet
and
numbers
are
green
and the
other
stitching
is
red
.
Five
letters
in the
red
work
are
done
in
block
letters
instead
of
cross-stitch
.
Horizontal
lines
of
stitches
separate
the
rows
. The
Ohio
Historical
Society
received
this
sampler
from
Morris
P
.
Onderdonk
of
Los
Angeles
,
California
.
Historical
note
:
Eleanor
Van
Swearingen
Worthington
(1777-1848)
was
born
in what
is
now
West
Virginia
.
Orphaned
at an
early
age
, she
inherited
land
and
slaves
. In
1796
, she
married
Thomas
Worthington
and the
couple
moved
to
Ohio
soon
after
. The
Worthingtons
freed
their
slaves
and
brought
several
of them to
Chillicothe
. The
Worthingtons
had
ten
children
,
all
of
whom
survived
to
adulthood
.
Eleanor
Worthington
frequently
ran
Adena
, the
family
estate
,
while
her
husband
traveled
and
after
his
death
in
1827
.
Creator
Worthington
,
Eleanor
,
1777-1848
Date of Original
ca.
1790
Collection
Adena
Collection
Source
H
27556
Format
Object
;
Picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction
Type
StillImage
File Name
H27556.tif
Image Height
1753
Image Width
1576
File Size
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