DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Textile
NameSampler
Maker
Nabby Bacon
CultureAmerican
Date1802
Place madeUnited States, North America
MediumLinen, silk
DimensionsOverall: 18 5/16 x 14 15/16 in. (46.5 x 38 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Heard Foundation
Object numberA.1951.2.50
DescriptionFour alphabets, three sets of numbers 1-10. "Nabby Bacon, 21 years of age, born October 28 in the year 1781. Behold when I try my nedle to inveigh with my pen and my pencil to prove my ever fond wish was centered on this to gain my dear parents their love when I am dead and in my grave. Border patterns and bottom quarter is blank.
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