ESTHER MATLACK, PROBABLY PENNSYLVANIA, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Esther Matlack, probably Pennsylvania, second quarter 19th century
Centering a rectangular reserve stitched with three alphabetical registers, a numeric register, and an inscribed verse above the verse wrought "Esther Matlack's work March 5," flanked on either side and below by flowers, diamond-chain motifs, and a central striped urn issuing flowers and flanked by hearts
16¼ x 16½in. sight
Esther Matlack, probably Pennsylvania, second quarter 19th century
Centering a rectangular reserve stitched with three alphabetical registers, a numeric register, and an inscribed verse above the verse wrought "Esther Matlack's work March 5," flanked on either side and below by flowers, diamond-chain motifs, and a central striped urn issuing flowers and flanked by hearts
16¼ x 16½in. sight