TWO AMERICAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS, THE FIRST BEING

WROUGHT BY CHARLOTTE THOMAS, MIDDLEBOROUGH, FEB 22, 1832. FLORAL BORDER ENCASING AN OCTAGONAL CENTER, CONTAINING FOUR ALPHABETS IN DIFFERENT FONTS, AN INTERESTING VERSE "SIGH NOT FOR BEAUTY, NOT LANGUISH FOR WEALTH, BUT GRANT ME KIND PROVIDENCE, VIRTUE, AND HEALTH. RICHER THAN KINGS, AND MORE HAPPY THAN THEY, MY DAYS SHALL PASS SWEETLY AND SWIFTLY AWAY". SIGHT SIZE 16" X 17 1/4", OVERALL WITH PERIOD FRAME 20" X 21 1/2". ALONG WITH ANOTHER SAMPLER WROUGHT BY BETSY ARDELLA, EARLY 19TH C. DEPICTS FOUR ALPHABETS WITH DIFFERENT FONTS. SIGHT SIZE 6 3/4" X 17 3/4", OVERALL WITH FRAME 8" X 19". CONDITION IS GOOD.