On View
Not on viewLouisa Lee Sampler
Artist
Louisa Lee
1808 - 1850
Dateca. 1822
Terms
- Samplers
- Silk Fiber
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions47 × 47 cm (18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)
MarkingsOn back inscription: "Record of Lee Family, Nine Acre Corner, Concord, Mass. Date of work unknown."
Credit LineGift of the Concord Free Public Library (1981)
Object numberT2430
DescriptionTextile. Genealogical sampler, silk on silk. Satin, French knot, whip and fern stitches. Thick inner border of diamonds; lush floral outer border; stitched eye pattern of the ground. "HOME/ There is a lovely spot of earth/ To which we cling with fond delight/ It is the spot which gave us birth/ When first our eyelids hailed the light".
paper and ink inscription
paper and ink inscription
Collections
- Needlework
Object number: M2139DS
Detroit Publishing Company
1921
Object number: PI2073
Fitz Hugh (Fitz Henry?) Lane
ca. 1836