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Abigail Bradbury's Sampler, H. Greenleaf's School

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Abigail Bradbury's Sampler, H. Greenleaf's School

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Description

Abigail Bradbury's Needlework Sampler, H. Greenleaf's School, Medford, Massachusetts, Circa 1820. Worked in silk threads on canvas with nine rows of the alphabet and a row of numbers, above the verse "Happy thrice happy he whose conscious heart/ Enquires his purpose and discern his part;/ Who runs with heed th' involuntary race/ Nor lets his hours reproach him as they pass,/ Weighs how they steal away how sure how fast/ And as he weighs them apprehends the last," above "Wrought by Abigail Bradbury AGt12/ at H. Greenleaf's School/ Medford, Massachusetts," all within a meandering flower stem border. Frame: H: 24.875 in., W: 20.75 in., D: .75 in. Provenance: The Dingman Collection, Hampton, New Hampshire.

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24.875 x 20.75 x 0.75 in

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Abigail Bradbury's Sampler, H. Greenleaf's School

Name: Abigail Bradbury's Sampler, H. Greenleaf's School
SKU: 174736114
Price: 225 USD
Availability: InStock

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