Pair of Schoolgirl Samplers Wrought By Catherine O. Phelps (1818-1910) 1827 & 1831, Windsor, Connecticut. Consisting of a test sampler from the age of 9, and a more formal sampler at the age of 13 which includes a six paragraph poem she wrote and the births of her parents and siblings. These two samplers are a very unique example of the learning progress, showing the steps young girls at the time would take to master such skills in 19th C. life.
Catherine was born one of nine children to the Phelps family of Windsor CT, with genealogical records indicating her family put down roots as early as the 17th C. At the age of 23 she married Reverend Austin Cary, moved to Massachusetts and had three children before he passed away at 31 in 1849. She then remarried at the age of 33 to Reverend Matthew Kingsman in 1852, having five more children. She would live until 1910 in Amherst Massachusetts when she passed at the ripe old age of 92.
The 1831 sampler has been laid down to a cardboard backing and has some visible water stainage. Both have general wear and toning consistent with age.
Pair of Schoolgirl Samplers Wrought By Catherine O. Phelps (1818-1910) 1827 & 1831, Windsor, Connecticut. Consisting of a test sampler from the age of 9, and a more formal sampler at the age of 13 which includes a six paragraph poem she wrote and the births of her parents and siblings. These two samplers are a very unique example of the learning progress, showing the steps young girls at the time would take to master such skills in 19th C. life.
Catherine was born one of nine children to the Phelps family of Windsor CT, with genealogical records indicating her family put down roots as early as the 17th C. At the age of 23 she married Reverend Austin Cary, moved to Massachusetts and had three children before he passed away at 31 in 1849. She then remarried at the age of 33 to Reverend Matthew Kingsman in 1852, having five more children. She would live until 1910 in Amherst Massachusetts when she passed at the ripe old age of 92.
The 1831 sampler has been laid down to a cardboard backing and has some visible water stainage. Both have general wear and toning consistent with age.
