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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Sampler
Object Number
2013-133-1
Description
Marking sampler worked by Jane Wadhams Stevens in 1824. Silk thread on linen. Sampler features four rows of alphabet, followed by a religious verse. Sampler is marked "Jane Wadhams aged 10. Years. AD. 2814" at bottom. Alphabet and verse flanked by pictorial stitchings of butterflies and an urn with flowers.
Provenance
This sampler was previously part of the private collection of Glee Krueger.
Comment
Jane Wadhams Stevens of Goshen, Connecticut was born April 5, 1815. From 1830-1832 Jane's parents, David and Phoebe Collins Wadhams, sent Jane to Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. On October 21, 1845 she married Henry Ward Stevens of New Marlboro, Massachusetts. During their marriage Jane and Henry had one child. She passed away December 11, 1862.
Category
Date Made
1824
Dimensions
Frame: 9 3/4" H x 14 3/4" W
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