Object number2006.19
Sampler
Date1821
Artist
Catharine Fetzberger
(American, born 1809)
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsSight (textile): 7 1/2 x 17 11/16 in. (19 x 45 cm)
Mount: 7 1/2 x 17 11/16 in. (19 x 44.9 cm)
Mount: 7 1/2 x 17 11/16 in. (19 x 44.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Carol Williams, class of 1959, Ruth Williams Cornelison, class of 1965, and Patrick Williams in memory of their mother, Ellen Parsons Williams, class of 1936
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedUpper right: Catharine Fetzberger
InscribedCatharine Fetzberger a daughter of Henry / and Esther Fetzberger was born in July the 18th in the year of our Lord 1809 and made / this Sampler in Harrisburg in Mrs. Leah / Maguier s school A.D. 1821 / O my God my saviour and/my friend do not forsake
ProvenanceCreated by the donor's great-great grandmother, at age 12DescriptionOn her short, wide, sampler enclosed within a rectangle, twelve year old Catharine Fetzberger has cross stitched, an alphabet, a number sequences one to six, a dividing line, her name, birthdate, the names of her parents, the name of her school, and the date, followed by a religious invocation and a depiction of a red and white house or school flanked by evergreen trees. A strawberry border surrounds the composition. Thread colors are green, blue, red, and black.
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