Two needlework samplers Worked by sisters, Mary (1788-1835) and...

Two needlework samplers

Worked by sisters, Mary (1788-1835) and Jane Clark (1790-1858), Philadel

phia, PA, 1798 and 1800
Each worked in the tenth year of her age with polychrome silk threads on a linen ground, framed.

16 3/4 in. x 17 1/2 in. (sight) and 16 1/4 in. x 17 1/4 in. (sight)

PROVENANCE:

By descent in the family to the present owner.

Mary and Jane were the daughters of Samuel Clark (1735-1802) and Hannah Richardson Clark (1749-1817). Their mother, Hannah, was the daughter of the silversmith Joseph Richardson and his second wife Mary Allen, and the sister of silversmiths Nathaniel and Joseph Richardson. Samuel Clark was a board merchant whose shop was next to the family residence at 38 North 5th Street. The family were members of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.