Sampler

1772

Central panel has a house, male and female figures with animals. Two alphabet sequences and one number sequence, one verse. Border has flowers, house, trees, and male figures. Verse: "How vast must their advantage/ how great their pleasure prove/ who live like brethren and content/ in offices of love psalm C33." Signed "Mary Tillinghast born August/the 8 1764/and made/this 1772." Made in Newport, RI, silk thread on linen. Reproduced in 1990 by Sheepish Designs, Huntersville, NC.

Silk

Linen

11.25x8 in.

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