Artist/Maker

Hanes, Anna

Place Made

Date Made

1815-1820

Medium

silk on linen

Dimensions

LOA 21 1/4; WOA 17 1/4

Accession Number

2296.3

Description

Silk on linen sampler; upright vine arrangement up each side; top and bottom with leafy vine; a house, spring, and vase of flowers are across the bottom and the top section is filled with lines of various letters and the name “Anna Hanes.”

LABEL NOTES:
Sampler (ca. 1816
Anna Hanes
Salem, North Carolina
Silk on linen
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Gift of Caro Crosland

The maker of this sampler, Anna Hanes (1799-1869), was a member of the Hope Moravian congregation south of Salem. The daughter of Philip and Hannah Hanes, Anna was a boarding student since her parents did not live in town. Anna later married Salem resident Emanuel Shober and lived in the community until her death.

History

LABEL NOTES: Anna Hanes married Emanuel Schober in 1826. Thier daughter, Louise Maria (b. 1837), married B.F. Crosland.

The maker of this sampler, Anna Hanes (1799-1869), was a member of the Hope Moravian congregation south of Salem. The daughter of Philip and Johanna Salome Frey (Hannah) Hanes, Anna was a boarding student since her parents did not live in Salem. Anna married Salem resident Emanuel Shober in 1826 and lived in Salem until her death.

Anna’s parents built the Philip Hanes House (now in Clemmons town limits) ca. 1798.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Howard Patterson.