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Lot Essay
The sampler illustrated here comprises one of only two oversized samplers produced by students at the New York Female Association School. The remaining eight samplers known of the group measure approximately 8in. square. A related Female Association School needlework is illustrated in Krueger, A Gallery of American Samplers, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection(New York, 1978), p. 55, fig. 77.
This sampler is inscribed "FAS/No.1," indicating that Eliza Storms was a student at Female Association School No. 1. The Female Association Schools were begun by the Association of Ladies, a group within the Society of Friends, and represent one of two groups of schools established in New York City for charitable purposes, specifically to educate African-Americans and the needy. The other and older school serving similar ends was the New York African Free-School, established in 1787.
Female Association School No. 1 was established in Manhattan on Tryon Row in 1802. By the time of their absorption into the New York Public School Society in 1845, there were 5 Female Association Schools in New York. Given the intent of the Association schools, it is possible that Eliza Storms was a Quaker and/or possibly of African-American descent. For further information see, Krueger,A Gallery of American Samplers, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection (New York, 1978), pp. 12-13.
This sampler is inscribed "FAS/No.1," indicating that Eliza Storms was a student at Female Association School No. 1. The Female Association Schools were begun by the Association of Ladies, a group within the Society of Friends, and represent one of two groups of schools established in New York City for charitable purposes, specifically to educate African-Americans and the needy. The other and older school serving similar ends was the New York African Free-School, established in 1787.
Female Association School No. 1 was established in Manhattan on Tryon Row in 1802. By the time of their absorption into the New York Public School Society in 1845, there were 5 Female Association Schools in New York. Given the intent of the Association schools, it is possible that Eliza Storms was a Quaker and/or possibly of African-American descent. For further information see, Krueger,A Gallery of American Samplers, The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection (New York, 1978), pp. 12-13.