Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sampler
Object Number:
1944.205
Date:
1673
Medium:
Linen, silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 9 1/4 in. ( 76.2 x 23.5 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: bottom: "SARAH / SABIn HER WORK FInISHED In THE 21 (illeg.) / (illeg.) YEAR OF OUR LORD 1673"
Description:
Vertical rectangular linen sampler with various colors of silk floss; horizontal rows of designs and patterns, with alphabet and inscription at the bottom; stitches include cross, satin, straight, eyelet, back, running, and stump work.
Gallery Label:
This sampler may have been worked by the Sarah Sabin who was born July 27, 1660 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
