For Immediate Release

For more information, contact Deana Mallory, Director of Public Programming,

at dmallory@benningtonmuseum.org

Memorial to Eliza H. Brown- c. 1815

Sampler ID DAY

Bring your antique samplers for identification and documentation!


Saturday, November 19, 2022

10am - 4pm


in the Ada & Paul Paresky Education Wing

at Bennington Museum

The public is invited to bring their antique samplers and other schoolgirl embroideries to the premiere Sampler ID Day event where they will be registered in the Vermont Statewide Sampler database, documented, and professionally photographed. You will have the chance to meet with sampler experts and learn more about your needlework treasures.


This event is free to all participants. Advance registration is not required, however, if you are bringing 3 or more samplers please make an appointment by contacting Michele Pagan via email: mmp1@comcast.net.


Please also bring along any information you may have about your sampler or the sampler maker.

LEARN MORE BELOW!

About the Vermont Statewide Sampler Initiative


Vermont has a rich history of providing diverse educational options for its girls and young women. Relatively little is known, however, about the schoolgirl samplers and needlework pictures produced by students in Vermont's early schools, public and private.


The Vermont Statewide Sampler Initiative in collaboration with the Sampler Archive Project is working to change that! A national survey conducted in collaboration with the Sampler Consortium uncovered more than 300 Vermont samplers in collections across the nation, representing all 14 Vermont counties. In addition, a Vermont-based team is working with the state's museums, historical societies, historic homes, and private collectors. The goal is to photograph and document all American samplers in their collections for inclusion in the Sampler Archive, an online searchable database of American schoolgirl needlework. Although the focus of this statewide initiative is on Vermont samplers, all American samplers residing in Vermont collections will be documented. Ultimately, members of the Vermont Statewide Sampler Initiative hope to host an exhibition and publish a book on Vermont samplers and related girlhood embroideries.

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