{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"3903"},"altNumsArchivespace":{"label":"ArchiveSpace","value":"P1.2001.285"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"titlesPopular":{"label":"Title (popular)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Ralph Esmerian"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1776"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"2013     1   46"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"2013.1.46"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":""},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Silk on linen"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Danvers"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4853/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4853"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Sampler"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Danvers"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["Below her alphabets and above a colorful scene, Lucy Low worked a slight variation of the sixth verse of A Midnight Hymn by English theologian Thomas Ken (1637\u20131711). These lines do not apply to earthly marriage but to the acceptance of death and the joy of heaven with Christ as the bridegroom of the church. They also appear on the 1757 Boston samplers of Mary Simpkins and Prudence Clark and in Mary Gale\u2019s work of 1787.In 1776, Lucy was the youngest of three first cousins who worked similar scenes below different pious inscriptions. Obviously they were attending the same school in Danvers, or perhaps in Salem; the part of Salem known as Salem Village became the town of Danvers in 1752. These may be the earliest samplers within a group that features a rose tree flanked by stubby trees, and later pieces often have pineapple-like flowers in the corners of a surrounding floral vine border. Many talented women were teaching in Salem and adjacent towns during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Although the schoolmistress who introduced this form remains unknown, her typical motifs were favored until at least 1801.Lucy was the daughter of Major Caleb Low (1739\u20131810) and Sarah Shillaber (1739\u20131815), of Danvers, and it was a seafaring family. Lucy married Captain John Frost (1758\u20131829) in 1781. In 1784, her father owned the 152-ton brigantine Lucy, which was perhaps named for her. It was commanded by her husband, who later became its owner. The Frosts had seven children, each of whom married and had issue except Stephen (1794\u20131808), who died in Havana. Three of their six sons became sea captains and four resided for most of their lives in Virginia. Their fourth child and their only daughter, Sarah Frost Winchester (1789\u20131875), outlived all her brothers.Betty Ring, \"Lucy Low Sampler,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 515-16.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Sampler divided into horizontal bands with decorative elements, numbers, letters, and verse above pictorial rectangular field below of flowering shrub, center, with man RS, woman LS in pastoral landscape with birds trees and animals. Verse above. Stitches: Cross, stem eyelet, satin, chain, split, bullion, Oriental","Pictorial samplers were often worked in seminaries by girls from well-to-do families. The needlework skills acquired by the girls were considered necessary accomplishments and the finished pieces proudly displayed in their homes. This example is worked in a variety of stitches and includes an alphabet, numbers, a verse and the stitched signature \"Lucy Low Her Sampler Aged 12 1776\" above an embroidered pastoral scene. Because they often contain the names of their young makers and the year they were worked, samplers provide fertile ground for genealogical research. Lucy Low was born May 1, 1764 in Danvers Massachusetts to Caleb Low (1739\u20131810) and Sarah Shilleber (1739\u20131815). In 1781, she married John Frost (1758\u20131829) also of Danvers and they had seven children. Lucy Low died on July 22, 1842. "]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":["Textiles","eMuseum - Collection Highlights"]},"titlesDescriptive":{"label":"Title (descriptive)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Danvers"},"titlesFormer":{"label":"Title (former)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"pubreferences":{"label":"Published References","value":"Expressions of a NEW Sprit: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of AMerican Folk Art.  Elizabeth V. Warren and Stacey Hollander.  New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1989, ill.                                        Treasures of American Folk Art/Museum of American Folk Art. Lee Kogan, Barbara Cate, 1994, ill.                         Betty Ring, \"Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1850, Volume I, published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993, ill.                       Glee F. Krueger, \"A Gallery of American Samplers: The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection,\" (E.P. Dutton in association with the Museum of American Folk Art: New York, 1978) ill. p. 26"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"154746"},"geographyState":{"value":"Massachusetts"},"titlesArtists":{"label":"Title (artist's/given)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"titlesTranslation":{"label":"Title (translated)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"titles":{"label":"Titles","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"1779","content":"Lucy Low"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Textiles"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["Below her alphabets and above a colorful scene, Lucy Low worked a slight variation of the sixth verse of A Midnight Hymn by English theologian Thomas Ken (1637\u20131711). These lines do not apply to earthly marriage but to the acceptance of death and the joy of heaven with Christ as the bridegroom of the church. They also appear on the 1757 Boston samplers of Mary Simpkins and Prudence Clark and in Mary Gale\u2019s work of 1787.In 1776, Lucy was the youngest of three first cousins who worked similar scenes below different pious inscriptions. Obviously they were attending the same school in Danvers, or perhaps in Salem; the part of Salem known as Salem Village became the town of Danvers in 1752. These may be the earliest samplers within a group that features a rose tree flanked by stubby trees, and later pieces often have pineapple-like flowers in the corners of a surrounding floral vine border. Many talented women were teaching in Salem and adjacent towns during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Although the schoolmistress who introduced this form remains unknown, her typical motifs were favored until at least 1801.Lucy was the daughter of Major Caleb Low (1739\u20131810) and Sarah Shillaber (1739\u20131815), of Danvers, and it was a seafaring family. Lucy married Captain John Frost (1758\u20131829) in 1781. In 1784, her father owned the 152-ton brigantine Lucy, which was perhaps named for her. It was commanded by her husband, who later became its owner. The Frosts had seven children, each of whom married and had issue except Stephen (1794\u20131808), who died in Havana. Three of their six sons became sea captains and four resided for most of their lives in Virginia. Their fourth child and their only daughter, Sarah Frost Winchester (1789\u20131875), outlived all her brothers.Betty Ring, \"Lucy Low Sampler,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 515-16.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","Sampler divided into horizontal bands with decorative elements, numbers, letters, and verse above pictorial rectangular field below of flowering shrub, center, with man RS, woman LS in pastoral landscape with birds trees and animals. Verse above. Stitches: Cross, stem eyelet, satin, chain, split, bullion, Oriental","Pictorial samplers were often worked in seminaries by girls from well-to-do families. The needlework skills acquired by the girls were considered necessary accomplishments and the finished pieces proudly displayed in their homes. This example is worked in a variety of stitches and includes an alphabet, numbers, a verse and the stitched signature \"Lucy Low Her Sampler Aged 12 1776\" above an embroidered pastoral scene. Because they often contain the names of their young makers and the year they were worked, samplers provide fertile ground for genealogical research. Lucy Low was born May 1, 1764 in Danvers Massachusetts to Caleb Low (1739\u20131810) and Sarah Shilleber (1739\u20131815). In 1781, she married John Frost (1758\u20131829) also of Danvers and they had seven children. Lucy Low died on July 22, 1842. "]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1776"},"inscribed":{"label":"Inscribed","value":"embroidered: O May I Always Ready Stand /  With My Lamp Burning In My Hand /  May I In Sight Of Heaven Rejoice / And Joy To Hear The Bridegroom's Voice / Lucy Low Her Sampler Aged 12 1776"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"1776"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - Sunday, June 2, 2002","exhibitionEndISODate":"2002-06-02","exhibitionID":"207","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2001-12-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2001","exhibitionTitle":"American Radiance","exhibitionEndDate":"2002"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, October 31, 1978 - Sunday, January 7, 1979","exhibitionEndISODate":"1979-01-07","exhibitionID":"263","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1978-10-31","exhibitionBeginDate":"1978","exhibitionTitle":"Great American Samplers from the Collection of Theodore Kapnek Sr.","exhibitionEndDate":"1979"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - Sunday, September 19, 2010","exhibitionEndISODate":"2010-09-19","exhibitionID":"184","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2010-04-06","exhibitionBeginDate":"2010","exhibitionTitle":"Women Only: Folk Art by Female Hands","exhibitionEndDate":"2010"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, May 22, 2021 - Sunday, October 8, 2023","exhibitionEndISODate":"2023-10-08","exhibitionID":"245","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2021-05-22","exhibitionBeginDate":"2021","exhibitionTitle":"American Perspectives (Travel)","exhibitionEndDate":"2023"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, September 17, 1994 - Sunday, January 15, 1995","exhibitionEndISODate":"1995-01-15","exhibitionID":"67","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1994-09-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"1994","exhibitionTitle":"Every Picture Tells a Story","exhibitionEndDate":"1995"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - Sunday, October 7, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-10-07","exhibitionID":"151","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-06-20","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"COMPASS: Folk Art in Four Directions","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, July 2, 2016 - Monday, September 19, 2016","exhibitionEndISODate":"2016-09-19","exhibitionID":"159","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2016-07-02","exhibitionBeginDate":"2016","exhibitionTitle":"AMERICAN MADE","exhibitionEndDate":"2016"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, April 13, 1989 - Sunday, July 16, 1989","exhibitionEndISODate":"1989-07-16","exhibitionID":"7","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1989-04-13","exhibitionBeginDate":"1989","exhibitionTitle":"Expressions of A New Spirit","exhibitionEndDate":"1989"}]},"altNums":{"label":"Alternative Numbers","value":"P1.2001.285"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"14 1/2 x 11 3/8 \" (36.8 x 28.9 cm)Frame: 17 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 7/8 \" (43.8 x 35.9 x 2.2 cm)"},"titlesInscribed":{"label":"Title (inscribed)","value":"Lucy Low Sampler"}}]}