Sampler
Maker's Name
Dudley, Harriet B.
Location
Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Kentucky
Date Made
1849
Maker's Age
11 years old, born on August 4, 1838
Dimensions
10 ⅜ x 12 ¼ inches
Medium
Wool on cotton with cross and Irish stitches; thread count: 20/inch vertical, 20/inch horizontal
Provenance
Made by Harriet B. Dudley in 1849. The sampler was found in a Peter Tuttle chest of drawers in the Dudley home in Kentucky. The home was acquired by a another prominent Kentucky furniture collector, converted to a bank and the Tuttle chest sold to Private Collector #4 by a dealer handling the transactions. The dealer gave the the sampler to the Kentucky furniture collector as a "finders fee" for facilitating the sale of the Tuttle chest to Private Collector #4. All involved were friends and the sampler was gifted by the furniture collector to Private Collector #4 to reunite the sampler with one of the finest extant Tuttle chests.
Description
Unusual for its background red cotton or hemp and the vibrantly colored chevron design along its upper aspect, the remainder of the sampler is rather simple in appearance. There are six rows of alphabets and numbers with the signature:
Harriet B. Dudley
Flemingsburg, KY Nov 24 1849
Harriet Bruce Dudley was born on August 4, 1838, in Fleming County, Kentucky when her father, Joseph (b. 07/08/1797, in Fleming County, Kentucky, d. 04/02/1864), was forty one years old, and her mother, Harriet (b. 01/09/1805, d. 04/22/1883), was thirty three years old. She married Charlton "Charles" Hunt Ashton (b. 04/28/1838, d.01/08/1894) in 1865. They had seven children in fifteen years years including Iolene (b.10/06/1865, Charlton Hunt (b. 04/30/1868), Samuel Stockwell (b. 04/06/1870, Thomas Calk (b. 06/05/1872), George D Prentice (b.12/21/1874, Josie Bruce (b. 09/25/1877) and Elizabeth "Bettie" (b. 1880).
Harriet died on December 16, 1931 at the age of ninety three in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, apparently after living her entire life in her hometown. She was buried in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.
Harriet B. Dudley
Flemingsburg, KY Nov 24 1849
Harriet Bruce Dudley was born on August 4, 1838, in Fleming County, Kentucky when her father, Joseph (b. 07/08/1797, in Fleming County, Kentucky, d. 04/02/1864), was forty one years old, and her mother, Harriet (b. 01/09/1805, d. 04/22/1883), was thirty three years old. She married Charlton "Charles" Hunt Ashton (b. 04/28/1838, d.01/08/1894) in 1865. They had seven children in fifteen years years including Iolene (b.10/06/1865, Charlton Hunt (b. 04/30/1868), Samuel Stockwell (b. 04/06/1870, Thomas Calk (b. 06/05/1872), George D Prentice (b.12/21/1874, Josie Bruce (b. 09/25/1877) and Elizabeth "Bettie" (b. 1880).
Harriet died on December 16, 1931 at the age of ninety three in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, apparently after living her entire life in her hometown. She was buried in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
Private Collector #4
AKS Catalog Number
2019-050
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