Mary Marders White
Sampler
Maker's Name
White, Mary Marders
Location
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Date Made
1822
Maker's Age
17 years old, born in 1805
Dimensions
19 x 20 ½ inches
Medium
Silk and wool on linen with cross and straight stitches
Provenance
Made by Mary Marders White in 1822. Acquired by Winterthur in 2006.
Description
The design and motifs found on this sampler are closely related to samplers from the Ohio/Kentucky region where the White and Vance families lived. It is common for buildings to appear on samplers from Kentucky and southern Ohio, but the grouping of buildings found on this sampler is unusual. The inscription reads:
Mary M. White
March 1st 1822

The sampler was worked by Mary Marders White in 1822 (b.1805-d.1827), daughter of William and Sarah Kitchen White of southern Ohio or Jefferson County, Kentucky. Mary married Robert Glass Vance in 1824 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Robert Glass was a doctor and the son of Reverend James Vance and Ruth Glass Vance. His parents immigrated from the Shenandoah Valley to Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1798. After Mary Marders died in 1827, Robert remarried Harriet L. Hobbs with whom he had several children.
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library purchase with funds provided by the Estate of Sally Behr Pettit and Samuel L. Pettit and Anne McPherson, 2006.0036 A, Courtesy, Winterthur Museum.
AKS Catalog Number
2019-020
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