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Framed 1818 Needlework Sampler, Silk-on-Linen
Second Floor - NE Bedroom and Hallway
Furniture and Hard Furnishings
Size: 16 ¾” h. x 10 ¼” w. (sight size); framed and glazed.
The alphabet and numerals in blue along upper section, over upper case alphabet in cross-stitched brown in center section, over lower section of Biblical script in crème thread: All the pious duties…..
Signature and date embroidered in the lower center section:
Nancy McPherson/ Nov 24, 1818. The linen ground has discolored, conflicting with the crème embroidery thread
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