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A person with a great sense of humor sent TODAY a photo of his view of the eclipse (carpeting in a Nashville hotel lobby)
Friendship Village residents hold TODAY and pose for a picture during their Canadian excursion.
Two centuries ago, girls in Western Pennsylvania would have been taught music, art, “reading, English, and knitting, if required” in addition to many decorative sewing techniques. Their instruction in cross stitching and embroidery honed their sewing skills. It also taught them how to add decorative touches to household linens for family identification, such as monograms. A needlework sampler was a girl’s practice piece that demonstrated these accomplishments and served as a pattern for future needlework. Common motifs were houses, flowers, alphabets, and religious verses. Since organized schools for girls were not common yet in the area, families proudly displayed the finished samplers as examples of the fine education their daughters had received. The Historical Society of Upper St. Clair’s collections contain a sampler created by Mary Ann Greer in the 1820s done on linen with silk threads. Based on the designs and themes in the piece, the work has been attributed to the Jemima Hartzell Dumars School. Viewing the fine detail in the work brings to mind the many hours Greer must have spent stitching and gives a new respect for this genre of decorative arts. n Winter 2017
The Sampler
Sampler by Mary Ann Greer, (circa1820) from the Historical Society of Upper St. Clair’s collections
Photo courtesy of the Historical Society of Upper St. Clair. If you have genealogy questions or old photos that you would like to share, email president@hsusc.org.
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