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A SILK-ON-SILK NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
AMERICAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting an alphabetic sequence above the poetic verse "While I am blest with Youthful bloom/I will adore the sacred lamb/If God inspires my heart with grace/And lets me see his shining face," over a pictorial scene with birds flying above a two-story house and a pair of female figures flanking a fruit tree on a lawn above a partial alphabetic sequence surrounded by a meandering floral border--12 1/2 x 8 1/2in.
AMERICAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Depicting an alphabetic sequence above the poetic verse "While I am blest with Youthful bloom/I will adore the sacred lamb/If God inspires my heart with grace/And lets me see his shining face," over a pictorial scene with birds flying above a two-story house and a pair of female figures flanking a fruit tree on a lawn above a partial alphabetic sequence surrounded by a meandering floral border--12 1/2 x 8 1/2in.