Object number1960.9.132
Sampler
Datec. 1934
Artist
Currently Unidentified
CultureAmerican
MediumCotton threads on linen ground
DimensionsFramed: 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 1/2 in. (45.1 x 34.3 x 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Packard (Elizabeth Gillmer, class of 1894)
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
InscribedTop: Gather ye rose-buds while ye may / -o- Old Time is still a-flying -o- / And this same flower that smiles to-day / To-morrow will be dying.
DescriptionA Colonial Revival style sampler featuring traditional motifs drawn from 18th and 19th-century samplers: a number sequence, a shepherdess, confronting birds, an aphoristic verse, and a formal border. The pattern is from an as-yet-unidentified pattern company and is probably an iron-on or heat transfer. A sampler of the same design was seen on eBay, signed and dated by the stitcher as 1934.
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