Object number1997.7.74
Sampler
Date1792
Artist
Elizabeth Larter
(English, born Norwich, 1778)
CultureEnglish
MediumSilk embroidery on wool
DimensionsSight (Textile): 12 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. (32.1 x 32.4 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (41 x 41 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. (41 x 41 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedBC: Elizabeth Larter
InscribedStitched upper center in blue: [alphabet on three lines with V before U within the order] / [numbers sequentially 1 through 9]; stitched center in black: Next unto God dear Parents I Address / My self to You in humble Thankfulness / For all your Care and Charge on me Bestow'd / The means of Learning unto me Allow'd / Go on I pray and Let me still Pursue / Those golden Arts the Vulgar never knew; stitched lower center in pale pink: [capitalized alphabet sequentially A through G]; in light brown: [signature] Aged / 11 Years 1792
BibliographyLukacher, Joann Martin. Imitation and Improvement: The Norfolk Sampler Tradition. Redmond, WA, In the Company of Friends, 2013, p. 139; Thanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004;
Rosner, Isabella and Theresa Kutasz Christensen. "Tapestry, Woven Fabrics, and Embroidery," in Andaleeb Badiee Banta and Alexa Greist, with Theresa Kutasz Christensen, Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, Toronto, ON: Art Gallery of Ontario, Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, Canada: Goose Lane Editions, 2023, pp. 248, 253Exhibition HistoryThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 5 - July 18, 2004;Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, October 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024; Art Gallery Of Ontario, Toronto, ON, March 27 - July 1, 2024
DescriptionWithin a zigzag diamond shaped boarder are alternating horizontal bands of floral vines, letters, numbers, and crowns, a center area with a prayer, followed by a band of five small vignettes of dogs, deer, and plants, then another line of alphabet, floral vines, and the maker's information. The surrounding composition is filled with colorful flowers in vases and tied by ribbons.
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