Sampler (embroidery)

Object number
01.202
Creator
Tillinghast, Mary
Date
1772
Description
Central panel has a house, male and female figures with animals. Two alphabet sequences and one number sequence, one verse. Border has flowers, house, trees, and male figures. Verse: "How vast must their advantage/ how great their pleasure prove/ who live like brethren and content/ in offices of love psalm C33." Signed "Mary Tillinghast born August/the 8 1764/and made/this 1772." Made in Newport, RI, silk thread on linen. Reproduced in 1990 by Sheepish Designs, Huntersville, NC.
Object Type
samplers (embroidery)
Related People & Organizations
Tillinghast, Mary (associated)