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RUTHY LONG POOR 1814 |
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An American sampler from Newburyport,
Massachusetts, featuring alphabets, a good variety of stitches,
and some very amusing overweight sheep in a meadow at the bottom.
The original sampler had bare traces of a verse worked where
we now have a four-line verse stitched in black, cross stitch
over one thread. Along with the sampler came a leather-bound
book of verses that belonged to Ruthy Poor's sister, Rebekah.
Rebekah had many of her friends include a hand-inked verse in
this book most of them signed and dated. Ruthy wrote a verse
in the book, after she was married, and a print of this is included
in the kit. Their sister, Mary, also included a verse, which
we excerpted and put on the sampler: Accept, dear friend these lines from me/ they
show that I remember thee/ and hope some thought you will retain/
of me till we shall meet again. |
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Origin and date: Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1814
Rated: Intermediate
Linen count/finished size: 30 count, 8"x12-1/2"
Stitches: Cross, satin, eyelet, stem
Source: Private collection
Kit with cotton floss: $36.00
Kit with silk floss: $58.00
Graph only: $7.00
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