Object number1997.7.51
Sampler
Date1803
Artist
Electe Phillips
(American, born 1793)
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsOverall (tall rectangle - including mount, unframed): 16 1/2 x 12 7/8 x 3/8 in. (41.9 x 32.7 x 1 cm)
Image: 16 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (41.9 x 32.7 cm)
Image: 16 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (41.9 x 32.7 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedAt bottom: Electe Phillips born/Feb 9 1793 Bridg/water Sept 1 1803
InscribedMay spotless inno/cence & truth/ My every action guide/And guard my inex/perienced youth/from vanity and pride
BibliographyBolton, Ethel Stanwood and Eva Johnson Coe. America Samplers. The National Society of Colonial Dames of American, Massachusetts [Boston], 1921DescriptionElecte Phillips 1803, alphabets and verse. Sampler is bordered on three sides by a wide luxuriant flower border of pink roses and rosebuds emanating from a blue and white basket at the center top of the composition. An inner border frames two alphabets, a number sequence, a verse, and an inscription identifying the maker, her age, and her location. In the bottom register, confronting birds in brown and white are situated between three pine trees. Thread colors are pink, white, green, blue, black, and brown.
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