1793 Federal Period Handsome American Sampler
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1793-Dated Federal Period American Silk & Linen Sampler
1793-Dated Federal Period, Sampler, Colored Silk Upon Linen, With Name, Age and Dated, Plus Alphabet, Framed, Choice Very Fine.
This original Hand-stitched Sampler was worked by, "1793 - Sitea Van Duyne - Born October the - 29th the year 1777", with added alphabet above and being unfinished below, measuring 11.25” x 9” and nice professionally mounted and framed in a modern wooden frame to 15” x 12” overall and is ready for hanging on display. An excellent quality, somewhat simple sampler, made by a young 16 year old girl, who was born in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. This is a nice decorative example of Americana which was said to have come from New York.
Further research has provided the following information; Sitea Van Dyne is buried in New Hackensack Cemetery, Route 376, New Hackensack, Dutchess, New York. Her Headstone has the inscription, “In Memory of Sitea Van Dyne born October 29th 1777 & departed this life Aug. 8th 1793 aged 15 years 9 months & 20 days”.
1793-Dated Federal Period American Silk & Linen Sampler
1793-Dated Federal Period, Sampler, Colored Silk Upon Linen, With Name, Age and Dated, Plus Alphabet, Framed, Choice Very Fine.
This original Hand-stitched Sampler was worked by, "1793 - Sitea Van Duyne - Born October the - 29th the year 1777", with added alphabet above and being unfinished below, measuring 11.25” x 9” and nice professionally mounted and framed in a modern wooden frame to 15” x 12” overall and is ready for hanging on display. An excellent quality, somewhat simple sampler, made by a young 16 year old girl, who was born in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. This is a nice decorative example of Americana which was said to have come from New York.
Further research has provided the following information; Sitea Van Dyne is buried in New Hackensack Cemetery, Route 376, New Hackensack, Dutchess, New York. Her Headstone has the inscription, “In Memory of Sitea Van Dyne born October 29th 1777 & departed this life Aug. 8th 1793 aged 15 years 9 months & 20 days”.
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1793 Federal Period Handsome American Sampler
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