$1,185
Needlework Sampler, "Betsy Jenks Alley AE 10 1808," Lynn, Massachusetts, worked in silk threads on a green linen/wool ground, with rows of alphabets over a verse "We'er you are by grief oppress'd/Ropose it in a mother's breast/Unfold each secret of your heart/Use no disguse [ sic ] detest all art/Be candid open and sincere/a Mother's love you cannot fear/She'll be a kind and faithful friend/tell you your faults/And how to mend," above a panel with two houses flanking memorial monuments, a basket of flowers, birds, and inscription "Finished Febrary 22," surrounded on three sides with a geometric flower border, (minor losses to stitches and background, fading), 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. , in a later carved and molded wood frame. Note: Betsy Alley was born February 2, 1798, the seventh child of James Alley, Jr. and Hannah (Atwell). James, along with two of his cousins, is on the register of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. A geneaolgy accompanies the sampler. Losses to stitches on center row of alphabets, loss to background fabric (looks a litlle frayed) down center (vertical) of sampler.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-11
