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BRITISH RELIGIOUS PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk and paint on wool, featuring an excerpt from the Book of Malachi, verses 3:16-17, below signed "Elizabeth Crawther Work'd this / Sampler in the Year of our / LORD 1826", all encompassed by an embroidered foliate frame featuring a lamb completed in wool threads at the bottom, top corners with painted busts of cherubs having stitched wings, flanking an open book that reads "The Promise Of / GOD Cannot Fall". Sewn onto a plastic sheet and matted, unframed. Dated 1826. 16" x 13 1/2" object, 23" x 20" OA.
Catalogue Note: The identity of Elizabeth Crawther is undetermined. One possible candidate is Elizabeth Crawther (1814-1899), who was born in Middlesex, England to parents Jacob Crawther (1786-1863) and Jane (1790-1839). She married William Mills Barber (1816-1891) on January 25, 1841, they had several children and ran an inn/hotel for most of their lives, according to 19th century English Censuses.
Stitching in mostly very good overall condition with some scattered losses and breaks mostly in the verses and the book, having minimal fading and expected fugitive color, painting with some discoloration, craquelure, and small flakes, wool ground in fair to good condition with overall toning, some losses notably along edges.
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Property deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA. All proceeds to benefit the collection acquisition fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Van Vleck, 1971.
Ex-collection of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Everett Tomlinson, Montclair, NJ.