Object number1960.9.28
Sampler: Family Record or Register
Date1798
Artist
Jane Longstreth
(American, 1784 - 1834)
CultureAmerican
MediumSilk embroidery floss, silk ribbon and cotton sewing thread on linen ground
DimensionsSight (tall rectangle): 22 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (56.5 x 43.8 cm)
Framed: 25 x 19 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (63.5 x 49.8 x 3.2 cm)
Framed: 25 x 19 5/8 x 1 1/4 in. (63.5 x 49.8 x 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedAt center: Jane Longstreth
InscribedGreat God thy name be blest / Thy goodness be ador'd / My soul has been distress'd / But thou hast peace restor'd / My Parents John & Jane Longstreth / Her Brothers & Sisters / Daniel Hannah John / Sarah "Anne" Moses / Jane Longstreth / Her Sampler / 1798 / DTL
BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004); Stacy C. Whittaker, "The Jane Longstreath Sampler: Discovering the Evolution of Chester County, Pennsylvania, Samplers," Sampler Antique Needlework Quarterly Summer, Vol. 12, No. 2 (June) 2006, p. 28, fig. 1 Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Thanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center," June 5-July 18, 2004DescriptionA pictorial sampler, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, features a formal composition of stylized floral arrangements, paired pine and willow trees flanking a flower-filled basket and a double-handled urn with flowering shrubs, a verse, and a family record. The composition is framed by a double serpentine or linked chain inner border and a distinctive multi-floral twining outer border.
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