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LOT 11:
New Jersey Girlhood Pictorial Needlework House Sampler
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New Jersey Girlhood Pictorial Needlework House Sampler
A New Jersey Girlhood Silk on Linen Pictorial Needlework House Sampler, Dated 1816. Wrought by Esther Holmes Perrine (b. 1807 Perrineville, New Jersey).
The upper third of the needlework depicting a large two story house with gable roof and chimneys to either end, the house is set on a green lawn with sheep and other farm animals, flanked by a fence, willow and cedar trees. Below is a vignette with a hunter, dog and peacock and three other vignettes depicting Biblical stories entitled, 'Cain slaying his brother Abel'; 'In Adams fall we sined all'; and 'Abraham going to offer up his son Issac'.
There are thirteen lines of text to the center right inscribed,
"This I do to let you see / What pains my parents / Takes with me / Then if they so much / Pains do take / Let not their paine / Be spent in vain / But let me thus improve / My mind lamb / And like the little ants / Let innocence my life adorn / And I will bless the day / That ever I was born".
The inscription panel lower center inscribed, "Esther H. Perrine's / sampler done in the / 9th year of her age / instructed / 1816 / by Eliza Ogborn". All within a floral and vine border.
In a 19th century lemon gilt and gesso frame.
Dimensions: Sight 18 x 15 3/4in; Frame 22 3/4 x 20 3/4in.
Provenance: Property from the Collection of C. Thomas Attix Jr., East Windsor, New Jersey.
Condition:
Framed and glazed. Not examined out of the frame. General fading throughout. Discolorations and toning to linen ground. Marks, wear, rubbing and losses to the frame.
