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Sampler

Object number100

Artist Isabella Patterson Burchfield

Date1851

MediumWool; Canvas

Credit LineGift of Dr. John P. Burchfield

DescriptionSampler. Plain weave canvas backing with wool thread in shades of red, pink, salmon, blue, blue-green, off-white, white, green, brown and mustard worked in cross stitch. There is a dense floral border of delicate rose-like flowers. A central depiction fills a circular space shaped by the border. There is a field containing a classical columned structure, a steepled church in the distance, and two books in the foreground all surrounded by trees.Dimensions23 x 21 in. (58.4 x 53.3 cm)
SignedIsabella P. Burchfield
InscriptionsI do not ask that city spires/May round my mansion rise/ But that my home may be where trees/Are pointing to the skies/Isabella P. Burchfield. East Liberty June 23 1851
Historical NotesThis sampler was made by Isabella Patterson Burchfield in 1851. It was donated to the Historiscal Socierty of Western Pennsylvania by John P. Burchfield in 1918.

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