Needlework Sampler "Sarah B. Mode's Work in the 9th year of her age,"

Needlework Sampler "Sarah B. Mode's Work in the 9th year of her age," Philadelphia, dated "1834," with wide vining and flowering border with strawberries surrounding a depiction of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, lettered "Skinner's Church Ph." after the longtime minister Dr. Thomas Skinner, the church surrounded by a lyre above cornucopias, stars, urns, and baskets of flowers, and flanked by memorials, with a couplet, maker's name and age, and family members' names below, 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., framed.

Note: Sarah, a Quaker, was born to William and Elizabeth Mode in 1825. William owned one of the first paper mills in the country.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

linen ground toned, threads with fading, some staining around edges.

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