Sampler

Object Name:

Sampler

Object ID:

2025.030

Creator:

Landman, Grace Blood (1870-1959) -- Fiber Artist

Place of Origin:

Wolfeboro, NH

Date:

1934

Description:

Sampler. Colonial Revival sampler by Grace Blood Landman (1870-1959) of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, c. 1934. The sampler depicts a white Cape Cod-style house with a floral border and text reading "Happy the man whose wish / and care / A few paternal acres bound / Content to breathe his native / air / In his own ground / Wrought by G. B. L. 1934".

Material:

Cotton

Dimensions:

H-16.75 W-11.25 inches

Provenance:

On the paper backing of the frame is written in ink "MADE BY GRACE BLOOD LANDMAN / WOLFEBORO, N.H. / (BY COUNTING THE THREADS)". A yellow note taped to the back reads in blue ink "This was a state / federation project. / Each was given / a picture to go / by - then each / thread was counted / as it wasn't / stamped. / Made by / Grace B. Landman / 1934". Added in pencil to this note is "Give to / Ruth Sargent / daughter / of / Rev John / Scammon".

The "state federation project" is the General Federation of Women's Clubs New Hampshire. The national organization formed in 1890, with the New Hampshire chapter forming in 1895 and incorporating in 1933. As reported in the attached Keene Evening Sentinel article from September 5, 1934, the "39th field meeting of the New Hampshire Federation of Women's Clubs" would take place in Conway on September 20 and 21, 1934. During this event, "The Fine Arts department will award a prize meeting for the winning sampler. The points on which the sampler will be judged are ingenuity in adapting pattern, proportion, and neatness of needlework. The prize to be awarded is the fine volume published by the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames, 'American Samplers,' with many illustrations." This is presumably the event for which Landman - a member of the Federation - made her sampler.

Credit Line:

Gift of Paul and Felicia Baresel

People:

Landman, Grace Blood (1870-1959)

Subjects:

Colonial Revival