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Sampler by Sarah Chandler

 Item
Identifier: TN403.1

Scope and Contents

An exemplary silk embroidery on linen depicting an arched needlework frame including the letters of the alphabet above a sentimental and loving poem directed to the young seamstresses' parents and entitled "Filial Love". Shown with a treed landscape, a manor house, swimming ducks and floral sprays all executed in fine colors of yellow, blue, gold, apricot and celery. Finished with an intricate and elaborate floral border. Complete with a plain gold leaf frame. Poem reads "Next unto God Dear Parent I Address / Myself to you in humble thankfulness / For all your care and charge on me bestowed / The means of learning unto me allowed / Go on I pray and let me still pursue / The golden Art the vulgar never knew".

Dates

  • 1808

Language of Materials

Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Biographical / Historical

"Executed by Sarah Chandler in the year 1808 at Mrs. Doble's Seminary in Boston."

Extent

1 textile : silk embroidery thread on linen ; 21.88 x 20.25, frame 25.19 x 22.38

Custodial History

NEHG 25 Catalog Number 67.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift; 1951 August 30; Chandler, Estelle, West Roxbury, Mass.

Bibliography

In exhibit "Paul Revere and his World", Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1975.

Processing Information

Rebacked, cleaned and reframed by Museum of Fine Arts August 1974.

Title
Finding Aid for the Sampler by Sarah Chandler, 1808. [art original] 1808
Author
Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit.
Description rules
Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Art Collections Repository

Contact:
New England Historic Genealogical Society
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Boston MA 02116-3007 United States
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