- Maker
- Nissley, Fanny (age 18)
- Date made
- 1839
- Origin
- Rapho Township, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Back.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Plain Weave
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- Crown heart with 7 branches, German in origin and favored by Mennonites such as Fanny. Motifs of peacocks, stars, prancing deer, flowers. Small rosette border all four sides framed with a two color ribbon border with rosettes at the corners. .
- Inscription
- Fanny Nissley A Daughter of Martin Nissley and Anna / Nissley is Born the 3 day of December 1821 Rapho is my Station / Heaven is my Dwelling place and Christ is my Salvation When I / am dead and in my grave and all my bones are rotten when this / you see remember me Else I shall be forgotten. the rose is ret the / lives are green the days are past which I hav seen. Fanny / Nissley her Samplier workd in the 8th year of her age in / the year of our Lord. Rapho Township Lancester County / and State of Pennsylvania. November the 18th 1839 AD / / (Circling a motif in the center): OEHBDDE which stands for: Edel Herz BeDenk Dein End (Oh noble heart think on thine end) / /
- Length Without Frame
- 22 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-145 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art