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A gallery of American samplers : the Theodore H. Kapnek Collection

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/3211523
Author
Krueger, Glee F.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1978.
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Responsibility
Glee F. Krueger.
ISBN
0525111301 : 052547515X
Author
Krueger, Glee F.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
E. P. Dutton with the Museum of American Folk Art,
Date of Publication
1978.
Physical Description
96 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 93-96.
Subjects
Kapnek, Theodore H. - Art collections.
Samplers - United States.
Embroidery - North America
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O noble heart... : an examination of a motif of design from Pennsylvania German embroidered hand towels

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13989
Author
Gehret, Ellen J.
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v.14, no.3
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Responsibility
by Ellen J. Gehret.
Author
Gehret, Ellen J.
Physical Description
1-14 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania German Society, the Rainbow, v.14, no.3 (July 1980)
Subjects
Embroidery
Folk art
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PGSR v.14, no.3
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Packet

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/ff7daab3-8af3-41b1-8bfd-868435816318
Collection
General Collection: Textiles
Object ID
2015.999.41
Date Range
c. 1915
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Collection
General Collection: Textiles
Description
Four identical printed paper packets / envelopes containing yarns for sewing embroidery.
Owen Osborne's name is found inside. He ran a knitting mill in Philadelphia that began in 1913.
Date Range
c. 1915
Year Range From
1913
Year Range To
1925
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Wall
Island 4
Storage Cabinet
Unit 19
Storage Container
Box 1002: Sewing & Needlework
Search Terms
Embroidery supplies
Object Name
Packet
Material
Paper
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2017-05-17
Object ID
2015.999.41
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/f5645794-8485-4097-8ef4-721397980650
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Object ID
HK-03-06-03
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Henry Kauffman Photograph Collection
Description
Picture of a page out of unknown book. Description of the picture on page 1985 is as follows:
"Rural couple from Appenzell-Ausserrboden in their parlor.The woman has an embroidery frame in her hand. Water-color by Joseph Reinhardt (1749-1829) for the copperplate series of the "Collection de Costumes Suisse," Basle, Birmann &Huber, 1839. Print Room Basle."
Provenance
Photographs from the estate of Henry Kauffman.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Embroidery frames
Illustrations
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 8 inches
Object ID
HK-03-06-03
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/1835ca00-ceaf-4745-94ad-190124093037
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-01-19-06
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Docents - Mrs. James Hazeltine, standing, and Mrs. Robert Reynolds - with the embroidery stand in Harriet Lane's bedroom. Photograph taken for the Pennsylvania State Department of Commerce.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
Docents
Costumes
Embroidery stands
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-01-19-06
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/20b8b860-931f-431e-b1f4-671108035526
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Object ID
JB-02-05-01
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  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
James Buchanan Foundation Photograph Collection
Description
Wheatland interior, second floor, east wing bedroom with docents by the embroidery stand. Two copies of photograph.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Year Range From
1950
Year Range To
1960
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Wheatland
Bedrooms
Docents
Embroidery stands
Place
Lancaster Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Condition
Good
Object ID
JB-02-05-01
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Recent discoveries about Philadelphia samplers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18930
Author
Swan, Susan Burrows.
Call Number
746.44 A633 1989
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Responsibility
by Susan Burrows Swan.
Author
Swan, Susan Burrows.
Physical Description
p. 1335 - 1343 : col. ill. : 25 cm.
Series
In: Magazine Antiques, v.136, no.6 (December 1989).
Subjects
Decorative arts - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Samplers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Embroidery - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
746.44 A633 1989
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The story of samplers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15453
Corporate Author
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Date of Publication
1971.
Call Number
746.44 S887
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Corporate Author
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia]
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
18p. 48 illus. 20cm.
Notes
Introd. by Marianna Merritt Hornor.
Includes bibliography.
Subjects
Samplers - Catalogs.
Embroidery - Catalogs.
Additional Author
Hornor, Marianna Merritt.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
746.44 S887
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This is the way I pass my time : a book about Pennsylvania German decorated hand towels

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7342
Author
Gehret, Ellen J.
Date of Publication
1984, c1985.
Call Number
905.748 TPG v. 18 1985
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Responsibility
by Ellen J. Gehret ; in cooperation with Tandy Hersh, Alan G. Keyser, and Frederick S. Weiser.
ISBN
0911122486 :
Author
Gehret, Ellen J.
Place of Publication
Birdsboro, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania German Society,
Date of Publication
1984, c1985.
Physical Description
xii, 292 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Series
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ;
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 286-87.
Subjects
Embroidery - Pennsylvania.
Drawn-work.
Towels - Pennsylvania.
Decoration and ornament - United States.
Pennsylvania Dutch.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 TPG v. 18 1985
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Transparency, Slide

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/8056ed41-afd1-40f1-8eea-287213903545
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Object ID
HC-21-04-12
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Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Collection
Heritage Center Collection
Description
Needlework - detail, mourning embroidery by Mary C. Stump.
Provenance
Slides from the collection of the Heritage Center
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Needlework
Embroidery
Object Name
Transparency, Slide
Film Size
35 mm
Object ID
HC-21-04-12
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