Object number1997.7.133

Sampler from Evesham School, Burlington County, New Jersey [Four Alphabets and Flowers]

Date1811

Artist Lydia Borton (American (Burlington County, New Jersey))

CultureAmerican, Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey

MediumSilk threads on linen ground

DimensionsSight: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (42.55 x 55.25 cm)
Unframed: 17 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (45.09 x 32.39 cm)
Framed: 21 7/8 x 16 7/8 x 1 in. (55.56 x 42.86 x 2.54 cm)

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

SignedSigned and dated: Lydia Borton 1811

InscribedInscribed: Initials "LB" & "RLE" [Could RLE be teacher?]

BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004) Bolton and CoeExhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Thanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center," June 5-July 18, 2004
DescriptionLydia Borton's sampler is a Burlington County New Jersey Quaker alphabet sampler featuring 4 alphabets, including upper and lower case versions of the classic Quaker associated Roman script, a number sequence , a wreath-enclosed black lettered inscription, two baskets, single blossom floral spot motifs, and a pair of facing blue birds. The first alphabet is followed by the initials LB and the third alphabet is followed by the initials R.L.E. [possibly a teacher?] The top and sides of the sampler display an undulating strawberry border.

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