Square linen sampler with light blue, dark blue, and tan two-ply cotton cross stitching. Top two rows have upper case alphabet, third row has numbers 1-18. Fourth row has lower case alphabet, fifth and sixth rows have stylized upper case script. Bottom border of blue diamonds. Matted and framed in gilt and gesso hardwood frame.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cotton (textile)
linen (material)
Linen
Cotton
Sampler
"Elizabeth Jane Rundlet, Aged 9/O may I, in my youthful days/attend to wisdom's voice/And make its holy, happy ways/My own delightful choices!" (Embroidered)
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Rundlet, Elizabeth Jane, 1813-1839 (Embroiderer)
USA
16 5/8 x 16 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.692
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