Needlework Sampler

Description:

Needlework Sampler, "Ruth Ann Miller born August the 23rd ad 1828 Wrought this sampler September 1840 aged 12 years," Cumberland, Rhode Island, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets over a house flanked by pious verses, enclosed in a geometric border, (toning, fading),16 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., in a mahogany veneer ogee frame.

Note: Ruth Ann Miller was the daughter of Eber and Abby (Hunt) Miller of Cumberland, Rhode Island. She married Samuel Carpenter on April 12, 1852. Her childhood house is reportedly still standing on Route 116/Angell Road in Cumberland.
Estimate $800-1,200

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