- Maker
- Dod, Rebecca Ann
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Rice, Rococo, Sain, Stem, tent, Buttomhole, Algerian eye
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Lower half of sampler has a two story house set on a green lawn, a pine tree on each side. Above a two facing birds in a bower. A large basket of flowers on each side. Flowers on stems and single flower. Arcaded rose and leaf border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Hail gentle piety unmingled joy / Whose fulness satisfies but cannot cloy / Spread thy soft wings over my devoted / Breast and settle there in everlasting guest / Rebecca ann Dod Her Work 1 8 2 0 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1965.724 Gift of Jennie Hodge Schmidt
- Owner
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
