Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1964.035.08
- Creator:
- Philbrick, Beulah (1770-1850)
- Date:
- circa 1780
- Description:
- Marking Sampler. Made by Beulah Philbrick (1770-1850), Weare, NH; c. 1780. Unfinished, no name or date. Silk twist in shades of gray and blue worked in cross-stitched random letters scattered across a small square of plain-woven linen. First line is script capital letters "P H G L B R G." Second line, "CK 1234;" third line, "5678." Scattered letters in lower half of the sampler, including a large capital I, and script B and P. Three edges of the linen are hemmed; left edge is selvage.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-6.9 W-7.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Beulah Philbrick (1770-1850) was the great-great-great-aunt of Woodbury M. Philbrook (1895-1986).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Woodbury M. Philbrook
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