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Globe Sampler
Hannah Deacon, Maker
Chester County, Pennsylvania
1815 –1817
Silk, Linen, Wool, Ink
Chester County, Pennsylvania
1815 –1817
Silk, Linen, Wool, Ink
Hannah Deacon of Burlington, New Jersey, created this globe sampler at the Westtown School in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Westtown was a respected Quaker boarding school and Deacon attended from age 15 to 17. She and her four sisters, Ann, Rebecca, Keziah, and Mary, remained unmarried and lived together as adults.