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A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
MARY HOLTARBORN, PHILADELPHIA, EARLY 19TH CENTRUY
WORKED IN MULTICOLORED SILK THREADS ON A LINEN GROUND WITH AN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE ABOVE A STYLIZED FOLIATE BORDER OVER ANOTHER ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE ABOVE A STYLIZED FLORAL BORDER A VERSE INSCRIBED 'THIS WORK IN HAND MY & FRIENDS MAY/HAVE WHEN I AM DEAD AND LAID IN GRA/VE AND GREEDY WARMS MY BODY EAT IN THIS YOU MAY READ ANY NONE COM/PLETE MARY HOLTABOM NOVEM/BER THE FIFTH IN THE YEAR 1787', ENCLOSED BY SAWTOOTH AND A STYLIZED FLORAL AND AN INNER FOLIATE BORDER ALL ENCLOSED BY A FURTHER SAWTOOTH BORDER--20 X 13 ½IN.
MARY HOLTARBORN, PHILADELPHIA, EARLY 19TH CENTRUY
WORKED IN MULTICOLORED SILK THREADS ON A LINEN GROUND WITH AN ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE ABOVE A STYLIZED FOLIATE BORDER OVER ANOTHER ALPHABETIC SEQUENCE ABOVE A STYLIZED FLORAL BORDER A VERSE INSCRIBED 'THIS WORK IN HAND MY & FRIENDS MAY/HAVE WHEN I AM DEAD AND LAID IN GRA/VE AND GREEDY WARMS MY BODY EAT IN THIS YOU MAY READ ANY NONE COM/PLETE MARY HOLTABOM NOVEM/BER THE FIFTH IN THE YEAR 1787', ENCLOSED BY SAWTOOTH AND A STYLIZED FLORAL AND AN INNER FOLIATE BORDER ALL ENCLOSED BY A FURTHER SAWTOOTH BORDER--20 X 13 ½IN.