Americana Celebration 2019
1809 Sampler Wrought By A 9 Year Old Liberated Woman- Price Upon Request
The sampler is all original including the frame, glass and backboard. It has provenance connected it to a prominent family in Andover and connections to Phillips Academy founders in Andover. 12 ½” by 15 ½ “ and with frame 16” by 19 ½” The sampler has some age related toning and a small hole at the very top. This sampler was began May 24 and finished Jul 3. This work at Miss Phebe Abbots School in Andover (The verse is) , Lydia Abbot Performer Of this age 9 years Born November 4, 1800 My Life is a compound of freedoms I go where I will and return when I please I live above envy also above strife And wish I had judgment to choose a good life. Pat Hatch Antiques Harvard, MA 978-456-8729 pat@pathatchantiques.com www.countryandshakerantiques.com/
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