Object number1997.7.129
Sampler
Date1821
Artist
Nancy Fox
(American, born 1809)
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsSight (mostly square): 16 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (42.9 x 45.4 cm)
Framed (vintage frame with glass): 18 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1/2 in. (47.6 x 52.7 x 1.3 cm)
Framed (vintage frame with glass): 18 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 1/2 in. (47.6 x 52.7 x 1.3 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedAt center: Nancy Fox Sampler
InscribedReligion, fair descendant from above/Eternal source of happiness and love/Low at thy th[r]one I fall and do implore/In my soft bosom all thy grace store/Grant me a heart obedient to thy laws/ Incline to reverence and maintain thy cause/O grant my steps to your celestial shores/ Now leave me here still I to them shall rise.
At center: Nancy Fox Sampler Woodstoc/ July 30th 1821 Aged 12 years
BibliographyBolton & Coe verse 465
History of Royalton Vt - https://archive.org/details/historyofroyalto02love/page/794/mode/2upDescriptionThe Nancy Fox sampler displays 3 alphabets, a number series, and an inscription separated by decorative dividing lines. The eight line poem on religion is an acrostic spelling its title. A basket with birds and flowers is worked in chainstitch to the right of the poem. Four small sheep alternate with stylized flowering trees and diamonds across the bottom. These floral motifs are repeated above the basket arrangement. A linked diamond and octagon border surrounds the composition. Thread colors are rust, green, blue, black and brown.
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