Object number1997.7.22
Sampler
Date1828
Artist
Rebecca Hildreth
(American (Pennsylvania?))
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsSight (tall rectangle): 16 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (41.3 x 19 cm)
Framed: 17 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 5/8 in. (43.8 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm)
Framed: 17 1/4 x 8 7/8 x 5/8 in. (43.8 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
Signed Rebecca Hildreth
Inscribed Years hurry quickly by / And I am fading too / And soon the years that I must die / Will come upon my view/13 Oct 1828 [second verse illegible]
DescriptionTwo alphabets and a number sequence are separated by 3 dividing bands stitched in cross stitch, queen stitch and eyelets. The second register contains 2 four line verses and an inscription. The bottom third consists of a regular arrangement of three pine trees. single flower stems, two baskets above a line of single flower stems. Eyelets make up both an inner and outer border.
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