Needlework Sampler

by Needlework Sampler, Hannah Douglass

$3,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

Worked in silk on linen ground, with floral borders, opening stanza of “Come, Chidlren, Learn to Fear to the Lord,” signed “Hannah Douglass,” dated 1805. 21 x 15-1/2 in. Several small holes and tears to linen, lightly water-stained. Matted and framed. Item #264601 An accomplished needlework sampler by a 6-year-old Hannah Travilla Douglass 1799-1872 .

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