Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.034 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.034.004 |
Object Name |
Sampler |
Donor |
Nielsen, Ellen |
Description |
A sewing or needlework sampler. The rectangular needlework sampler is made of off-white cotton or linen. There are five openwork borders across the width of the piece, a pair of button holes with white buttons, a faux pocket, and ruching creating a ruffle at one end. The monogram or initials "CD" are embroidered at one end as well. |
Dimensions |
W-6 L-17 inches |
Made By |
Jorgensen, Signe |
Creation Date |
ca. 1890 |
Place Of Origin |
DK/Denmark |
Owned By |
Jorgensen, Signe/Nielsen, Ellen |
Material |
cotton or linen/thread |
Associated People |
Nielsen, Ellen Betsinger, Signe Jorgensen, Signe |
Search Terms |
Nielsen, Ellen Betsinger, Signe Jorgensen, Signe needlepoint needlework sample sampler openwork buttonhole Estherville Ringsted Iowa sewing monogram initials embroidery needlework handwork |
Provenance |
This sampler belonged to the donor's mother, Signe Jorgensen. The donor dated the sampler to around 1890. Signe immigrated to the United States in 1929. -------------------- Donor Ellen Haumann Nielsen was the daughter of Hans and Signe Jørgensen. The family home was called Skodborghus and located in Vejen, Jylland, Denmark. Ellen married another Danish immigrant, William Tronborg Nielsen. William was born in Hoven, Jylland. He immigrated to the United States in 1924. Ellen Nielsen immigrated to the United States in 1926. She had intended to work in New York City for the housemother at the Columbia University YMCA. However, Ellen's friend, William T. Nielsen (then living in Iowa), offered to find her work in Iowa. Ellen agreed, and William found her a job in Estherville working as a nanny and housemaid for the Oscar and Anna Fagre family. Ellen married William on 1 January 1927. In 1929, Ellen's mother, Signe Jørgensen, immigrated to the United States to live with her only living child. They first lived in Little Valley, New York, and later moved to the towns of Estherville and Ringsted, Iowa. Signe had been a widow since her husband's death in 1912. Signe Jorgensen died in March 27, 1957. |
Images |
199\1985034004.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
06/03/1985 |