THE FIRST WROUGHT BY MARIAM S. ROBBINS, NORTH HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, AND DATED 1826; THE SECOND, NORTH HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND, 19TH CENTURY

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TWO SILK AND WOOL ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
The first wrought by Mariam S. Robbins, North Hempstead, Long Island, and dated 1826; the second, North Hempstead, Long Island, 19th century
The rectangular form worked in green, cream, blue, black and tan silk threads centering a wrought inscription, Supplication Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand As the first effort of a youthfull hand And as her fingers on the canvass move Engage her tender thoughts to seek thy love With thy dear children let her have a part And write they name thyself upon her heart flanked by flowering trees attended by birds on a field decorated with flowering trees and stems, stars, baskets of fruit and foliate twigs attended by birds, and urns issuing flowers all enclosed in a sawtooth border set with strawberries and leaves; together with a second needlework sampler, rectangular and worked in black, green, blue and pink silk threads in three horizontal alphabetical registers above a rectangular reserve wrought with flowers and meandering vines (losses to ground)
16¾x17½in. the first; 19¾x20¼in. the second (2)

Special notice

This lot has no reserve.

Lot Essay

Both samplers in this lot are reminiscent of Quaker needlework associated with the New York area, and have a history of ownership in Hempstead, Long Island. In its linearity and reliance on repeated alphabetical banding, the sampler illustrated here evokes the simplicity of work associated with the Nine Partners School in Dutchess County, New York.

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