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Makers / Maker's Age: Nissly, Mary (age 16) (born 1824)
Date Made: 1840
Origin: Rapho Township, PA US
School / Teacher:
Stitches: Cross,
Embroidery Thread:
Foundation Cloth: Linen
Dimensions: w x 11 1/2" h
Owner: Phillips Museum, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA www.fandm.edu/phillips-museum
Inscriptions:
Predominant Motif: 3 alphabets. Below are Quaker motifs including birds, diamonds, 3 crowns, 2 feather stars, a carnation, 8 unknown floral motifs, eight pointed stars, carnation floral pot motifs, a peacock and a pea hen, two prancing deer, a table and chairs. In the center a motif with a crown on top and initials around it "O E H B D D E" (O edel Herz Bedenke dein Ende meaning "O Noble Heart consider your end) usually indicating the needle worker was from a Mennonite family.
History of Owner: #4197
Published in american samplers by bolton & COE, 1921No