Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1985.035.01
- Creator:
- Wells, Clarissa (1817-1879)
Seamstress - Place of Origin:
- Sandown, NH
- Date:
- 1828
- Description:
- Sampler, marking, made by Clarissa Wells (1817-1879), Sandown, NH, 1828. Cross-stitched in tan, light blue, and dark blue cotton threads on loosely woven linen with three alphabets: first, block capital letters A through Z; second, script capital letters A through W; third lower-case letters, a through t. Inscription across the bottom: "Clarissa Wells Aged 11." The bottom edge is selvage; the other three sides are hemstitched.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-8 W-8 inches
- Provenance:
- Clarissa Wells (1817-1879) was born in Sandown, NH. She married John Eastman. Purchased at the estate auction of Clarissa (Wells) Eastman's grand-daughter, Henrietta Johnson Davis (1886-1984) of Rollinsford, NH.
Was age 11. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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