UNUSUAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WITH ADAM AND EVE MOTIF America, Early 19th Century 19" x 13.5".

UNUSUAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WITH ADAM AND EVE MOTIF
America, Early 19th Century
"Elizabeth Smith is my nam Roxborough is my station heven is my dwelling. Place and christ is my salvation and when I am dead and In my grave my bones are their a rotten and this you see to Remember Me when I am forgotten 1819 [all sic]" above an image of Adam and Eve standing beside an apple tree with a snake coiled around the trunk and holding an apple its mouth. Lower panel with "Adam and Eve" and trees, a dog, a house, a potted flowering plant and a bird. Flower and vine border.
19" x 13.5". Unframed.
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