Killams, Harriet

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Maker
Killams, Harriet
Date made
1842
Stitches
Cross, Italian Cross, Stem
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
1 alphabet: uppercase complete. Upper half of sampler contains a large building (school?) with a flowering tree on each side, an urn with flowers on the R and a smaller tree on the L. The lower half contains a two story house with another smaller house on the R. A large conifer and tall flowering trees on each side. A few random triangle motifs and small flowering trees. Undulating strawberry border all four sides. (See sampler #3409 done by the same girl two years earlier).
Inscription
Harriet Killams work 1842
Length Without Frame
17"
Width Without Frame
21 1/2"
Original Frame
Unframed
Owner
Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
Owner Private
Historical Society of Old Newbury