A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

WORKED BY POLLY BISHOP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, 1815

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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
WORKED BY POLLY BISHOP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, 1815
Inscribed Polly Bishop Born Dec. 6 1800, Cumberland August 24, 1815/Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours; And ask them, what report they bore to Heav'n
16½ x 11½ inches sight

Provenance

Christie's New York, January 20-21, 1989, lot 432

Lot Essay

The combination of meandering vine and floral rosettes border and pictorial scenic panel of a house set in a landscape bears stylistic resemblance to several works found in the New Jersey region, particulary those of Burlington County. For further discussion and examples see Betty Ring, Girlhood Embroidery, (New York, 1993), pp. 481-483.

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