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Silk on Linen Needlepoint Sampler, Betsey (Gould) Killam (1793-1827), Boxford, Massachusetts, 1804.

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Silk on Linen Needlepoint Sampler, Betsey (Gould) Killam (1793-1827), Boxford, Massachusetts, 1804. Large plain-woven linen canvas worked in plied silk threads, composed with cross-stitched hills and trees ornamented with satin- and stem-stitched flowers and birds, below side margins of intricate floral vines arranged around vertical serrated bands, which flank a central reserve framed by checker and chevron borders, inscribed 'Sweetly blooms the rose of may / Glit'ring with the tears of morn / So insideous smiles betray / While they hide the treach'rous thorn' above four lines of alphabets and numbers in cross-stitch and broderie anglaise, above another verse reading, 'Thrice blest is he who through life thorny road / Can pafs with pleasure and without a sigh / Who views unmov'd this frailty of abode / Who lives in peace and never fears to die / Who craves but little and bu little wants / Whose aims are nobles and his vices few', signed 'Betsey Gould. aged Eleven years / Boxford August ye 7 1804' in bottom register, (sight) 21 1/2 x 26 1/2 in., (framed) 24 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. Footnotes: Provenance The collection of Eric van Rooy. Stephen & Carol Huber, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, 7 April 2000. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Silk on Linen Needlepoint Sampler, Betsey (Gould) Killam (1793-1827), Boxford, Massachusetts, 1804.

Name: Silk on Linen Needlepoint Sampler, Betsey (Gould) Killam (1793-1827), Boxford, Massachusetts, 1804.
SKU: 175444885
Price: 2200 USD
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