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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Sampler
Object Number
2019-85-1
Description
Rectangular marking sampler with black, blue, red, beige, and green silk embroidery on off-white or brown linen ground. Border of cross-stitched black "x" marks with chevron pattern inside. Sampler begins with uppercase alphabet, followed by a lowercase alphabet and the numbers 0-9. It is then marked "Esther Sanf/ord Aged 8 Years/Litchfield August 1812. The sampler continues with a verse, "What tho' the canva[s]/charm the eye Soon/ must these coulors/fade and die But to/the immortal mind/must live And the/dread wreck of time/survive Here then/your youthful time/improve All that is/good admire and love/To God your earliest/homage pay And treat/the path to endless day." At bottom is a second uppercase alphabet. Border is missing or possible incomplete at bottom. Framed under glass; dark stained wood frame with gilt liner.
Provenance
Esther Sanford Hammill, of Litchfield, attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1816.
Category
Date Made
August 1812
Dimensions
Framed height 22.875", width 11.25"
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