Elizabeth Mason's Sampler

Description: Three block alphabets. No "J"; numbers to 18 and to 9; alphabets and numbers colored in groups of two. Rows of lettering and numbers separated by geometric crossbands; also two wide crossbands; one geometric strawberry vine, and one geometric vine with free-style roses, with guide-lines drawn under roses. At bottom of sampler, stag and doe on hillocks, surrounded by birds, butterflies, trees, flowers, under angular garland; stag and doe have satin-stitched collars. Name and date appear in flower-shaped medallion hanging from garland. Border of band of sawtoothed satin stitch and geometric carnation vine on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, stem, satin, Algerian eye, straight, bullion. THREAD COUNT: warp 36, weft 29/in.; Inscriptions:; "See How The Lillief[s] Flour White And Fair
See How the Ravenf[s] Fed From Heavenf[s] Air; Arif[s]e Thou King of Kingf[s] Arif[s]e And Reign
Except Thy Worf[s]hip SprinG All Worf[s]hipf[s] Vain; Elizabeth
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1783"; Background:; Elizabeth Mason was probably from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area.

Physical Description: linen (ground fabric material); silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements: overall: 18 1/4 in x 16 1/8 in; 46.355 cm x 40.9575 cm

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