Needlework Sampler

Date1831

Object number2014.24.3

Provenance[Amy Finkel, M. Finkel and Daughter, Philadelphia]; purchased from gallery by Ruth J. Nutt, Orcas Island, Washington, 2004 - 2014; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2014

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Emblems of Encounter: Europe and Africa over 500 Years, Jan. 23, 2016 - Jan. 29, 2023.Published ReferencesStrickrodt, Silke. "African Girls' Samplers From Mission Schools in Sierra Leone (1820s to 1840s)." History in Africa, Vol. 37 (2010), http://www.jstor.org/stable/40864625: 189-245. Graves, Jen. "Investigating the Case of 10-Year-Old Seamstress "Charlotte Turner","The Slog, The Stranger Blog, October 20, 2014, http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/10/20/investigating-the-case-of-10-year-old-seamstress-charlotte-turner. Graves, Jen. "Unraveling a Mystery in Storage at the Seattle Art Museum," in The Stranger, November 5, 2014, http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/unraveling-a-mystery-in-storage-at-the-seattle-art-museum/Content?oid=20948770. Strickrodt, Silke."Mission Samplers from Sierra Leone: Traces of a Black Woman’s Career in the Church Missionary Society, c.1811 to 1841." Samplings, M. Finkel & Daughter, 2025. https://www.samplings.com/mission-samplers-sierra-leone-traces-black-womans-career-church-missionary-society-c1811-1841.

Credit LineGift of Ruth J. Nutt, in honor of Julie Emerson

Dimensions12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm)

MediumSilk on wool