Title
Sampler
Object Type
Creator
Date
1806
Description
Needlework sampler with blue house in center, bird resting on roof. House flanked by trees. Male and female figures standing by a tree. Queen's stitch flowers and strawberries around border. Text reads: "May spotless innocence and truth my every action guide/And guard my unexperienced youth from arrogance and pride". Relates in style to several examples worked at Mary (Polly) Balch's School in Providence, RI in the 1790s. See Bolton & Coe. P. 240
Medium
Silk/Linen
Extent
13.75 x 10.25 in
Identifier
1894.1
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