Sampler

Object Name: Sampler

Object ID: 1964.035.08

Creator: Philbrick, Beulah (1770-1850)

Date: 1780 circa

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

People: Philbrick, Beulah (1770-1850), Philbrook, Woodbury M. (1895-1986)

Subjects: Crosses, Circles

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