A SILK-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

WROUGHT BY CYNTHIA TAFT (1773-1837), UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1780-1798

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A SILK-ON-LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Wrought by Cynthia Taft (1773-1837), Uxbridge, Massachusetts, 1780-1798
Wrought in various pink, green, red, purple, yellow, beige and black threads, the flowering vine border centering a legend above a stylized landscape with flowers, trees and birds, the lower edge with CYNTHIA TAFT UXBRIDG; together with a second silk-on-linen sampler wrought by Mary Ann Butler (b. 1809), Mexico, New York, circa 1821 in various yellow, cream, beige, blue, green, pink, brown and white threads with an alphabetical register above Mary Ann Butler AE 12
12 x 10½in. (2)

Provenance

See provenance to lot 100

Lot Essay

Descending along the same family lines as the sideboard in the previous lot, these samplers are the work of a mother and daughter, two of the sideboard's earliest owners. The first, made by Cynthia Taft, pre-dates her 1798 marriage to Nathaniel Butler and their subsequent removal to New York. The second was made by the couple's eldest daughter, Mary Ann, while the family was living in Mexico, New York.

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