Westtown/Weston School Darning Sampler, 1812,

Westtown/Weston School Darning Sampler, 1812,
worked in black cotton "Rebecca Y. Spencer / Weston School" on natural linen; seven examples of darning stitches worked in cream cotton; the maker attended Weston School, Chester County, PA. from 1811-1812; she was born 19 July 1794, one of nine children born to John Spencer and Lydia Foulke Spencer. Westtown School was founded in May 1799 in Chester County, Pa. by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religions Society of Friends. Samplers from this Quaker School have had different spelling variations for the school, including Weston. Housed in chestnut frame, likely original. SS 10" x 10.5"; DOA 12" x 12.75"
With the sampler is an early handwritten note that reads, "Rebecca Young Spencer / who made this sampler / lived all her eighty-three years at Moreland. / She was the good angel of / the dear old garden. / The sampler, made in / 1812, was framed in 1912. / For Mary Spencer Boyd.
Collection of a Virginia Gentleman.

Minor areas of discoloration. Not examined out of the frame.