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Artist
Allice Stearns
1764
Date1774
Terms
- Samplers
- Linen
- Bedford (Massachusetts)
Dimensions27.1 × 20.1 cm (10 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Markings"ALLICE STEARNS/ IS MY NAME AT TEN/ YEARS OLD I ROT/ E THE SAME" Label: "Allice Stearns was born in Bedford, Mass., Aug. 13, 1764, daughter of Edward and Lucy (Wyman) Stearns. She married Moses Abbott of Bedford Dec. 7, 1786. Her son Moses married Susanna Jaquith of Billerica. Allice Stearns was 6 generation of Isaac Stearns of Watertown, Mass." Front
Credit LineAlice Stearns Sampler, Bedford, Ma, 1774. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. Edgar J. Rollins; T1113.1.
Sampler, Alice Stearns, Bedfored, Ma, 1774. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mr. Edgar J. Rollins; T1113.1.
Object numberT1113.1
DescriptionTextile. Embroidered and hand-woven linen in dark green, blue green, purple, yellow, dark and light brown, pink, and black. "Allice Stearns/ is my name at ten/ years old I rot/ e the same". Cross and eyelet stitches. Two alphabets.
Collections
- Needlework
