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Region: Middle Tennessee
1810 Wincy Piercy
Trousdale County Museum and Depot, Hartsville
113⁄4"V x 101⁄2"H
© TSS 097
fibers: silk
ground: 36 V/40 H ct. linen
fibers: silk
ground: 36 V/40 H ct. linen
Biography:
Wincy Piercy (1800-?) was born in Bristol Parish, Dinwiddie Co., VA, the daughter of Sherwood Piercy (Pearcy) and Martha L (Patsy) Crook. She married John Scroggins in 1820 in Wilson County and had six children.
Description:
Wincy’s sampler is worked on very fine linen with careful hem stitching finishing the edges. She experimented with queen stitches in the upper left hand corner.
