Object number1960.9.64
Sampler
Date1811
Artist
Ann Smith
(English)
CultureEnglish
Mediumsilk threads on linen ground
DimensionsSight: 15 5/16 x 13 15/16 in. (38.89 x 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
Signed Ann Smith 1811
Inscribed We read o Lord and hear thy word / We sing thy glory still / We learn to keep thy blessed day / To know and do thy will Ann Smith finished this sampler January 30, 1811
DescriptionSurrounded by a regularly spaced undulating floral border, the Ann Smith 1811 is a formal composition consisting of a three bay, hip roofed Georgian style house with fence and gate, a single alphabet in the top register above a four religious line verse. Beneath the house is a rectangular inscription box. On either side of the house is an eight point star and an oversize urn with a symmetrical arrangement of honeysuckle flanking a single tall tulip. The verse above the house is flanked by stylized apple trees with birds and urns and set off by decorative dividing lines - a chevron line above and a strawberry dividing line below. In the bottom register confronting deer face the linked diamond border of the inscription box. The sampler colors are primarily green, red, white, cream, brown, tan, and gold with some dark blue in the linked diamond inscription frame.
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