Needlework Sampler

Description:

Needlework Sampler, "Clarissa Mellen Aged 11 Years 1824," worked in blue, pink, green, and black silk threads on a linen ground, depicting alphabet panels above an inspirational verse "Plain as this canvas was so plain we find/Unlettered unadorned the Female mind/Fair Education claims the pleasing thought/With close attention carefully in wrought/Insert the curious lines on proper ground/Complete the whole and scatter flowers around.," surrounded by a flowering vine; separately mounted on the reverse is a muslin handkerchief with embroidered signatures of some friends and family of Clarissa Mellen, (toning),16 5/8 x 16 3/8 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

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