Object number1997.7.142
Sampler
Date1831
Artist
Tacy Horner
(American, 1805 - 1877)
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsSight (tall rectangle): 22 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. (56.2 x 42.9 cm)
Unframed: 22 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (56.8 x 42.9 cm)
Framed (vintage frame with glass): 24 1/8 x 18 7/8 x 3/4 in. (61.3 x 48 x 1.9 cm)
Unframed: 22 3/8 x 16 7/8 in. (56.8 x 42.9 cm)
Framed (vintage frame with glass): 24 1/8 x 18 7/8 x 3/4 in. (61.3 x 48 x 1.9 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
Signed At center: Tacy Horner
InscribedOur time is short we all may know / While in this transien world below / So my dear friends this you may have / When I am in the silent grave / Tacy Horner / 1831
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryModeling Femininity: Art and the Moral Education of Nineteenth-Century Women, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 27 - March 15, 2000DescriptionThreads in colors of yellow, pink, blue, green, and white compose a picture with stand-alone depictions of flowers, paired birds, and single butterflies in the upper center. The verse and inscription are set within a shaped floral wreath, flanked by two vases filled with flowers. Below are more single floral motifs, a star shape, clover, a swan, a basket, and in the lower center is a landscape with a large two story house with trees on either side and a bird and dog in the yard. The composition is enclosed in a border of pink flowers with yellow details.
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