Sampler

Object Name:

Sampler

Object ID:

1958.100

Creator:

Ring, Almira (1824-1909)

Place of Origin:

Loudon, NH

Date:

1836

Description:

Sampler. Made by Almira Ring (1824-1909), Loudon, NH; 1836. Silk embroidery in twist and floss on loosely woven tan linen. Five alphabets: first, block capitals in tan cross stitch, followed by numbers one through thirteen in blue; second, script capitals in blue cross stitch; third, large block capitals in blue Algerian eye stitch; fourth, block capitals in satin stitches worked in squares in cream; fifth, lower-case letters in cream. (Cream colors were originally pink, and tan was red, as can be seen on the reverse.) Below the alphabets is the inscription and verse: "Wrought by Almira Ring Loudon Aged / 12 years July 27 1836 / Like a may day bright and cloudless Youth is va / nishing away / Every joy the world can furnish hastens quickly to / decay." At the bottom is a basket of flowers, flanked by stylized floral designs. Undulating strawberry vine border up sides and across top. In addition to cross and Algerian eye stitches, this sampler employs a row of queen stitch separating alphabets, and satin, and outline stitches in the floral motifs. Four sides are hemmed.

Material:

Textile
Linen
Silk

Dimensions:

H-25.5 W-17.25 inches

Provenance:

Inherited by Amanda Frances Beane Burghard (Mrs. R. G. ) from her half-brother, Willis Sargent Beane (1879-1948), grandson of Almira Ring Sargent.

Credit Line:

Gift of Amanda B. Burghard

People:

Ring, Almira (1824-1909)