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Nov 23, 2024
SCOTTISH, OR POSSIBLY IRISH, NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, wool on linen, seven alphabet and numeral rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative and motif stitching, lower half featuring a six-line verse of a poem on profanity by William Cowper (English, 1731-1800), below signed "Catherine Nason . 1827" within a sawtooth frame flanked by two flowers in handled vases, all encompassed by a scrolling vine border. Housed under glass in a modern frame with framer's label for Yost's Custom Frame Shop in Allentown, PA, also having a remnant of an old frame backing paper with old label of Staton Bros. Fine Arts of Germantown, Philadelphia, PA and handwriting that reads "CATHERINE NASON (CHRISTIE) / BORN - 1812 / 1827 - AGE 15 / MY GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER". Dated 1827. 12 3/8" x 20 7/8" sight, 19 1/2" x 28" OA.
Catalogue Note: Identified as Catherine Nason who was born around 1812 in Scotland. Not much is known about her life, except she married David Christie (c.1814-1882) of Scotland in 1832 in Cork, Ireland, as recorded by the Cloyne Diocese. The couple had at least two boys, whose birthplaces are recorded as Scotland, Ireland, or Pennsylvania in various U.S. Censuses. The family immigrated to Montgomery Co., PA some time before 1860, and the couple continued to live there until their deaths in the 1880s. Catherine died reportedly on December 4, 1882 in Philadelphia.
Mostly in very good visual condition with light to moderate toning, some stains/spots of discoloration, a few visible holes and tears along edges, some small losses and breaks to thread most notably along edges, some thread having light fading/fugitive color with the majority of thread retaining good color, frame with minor wear. Not examined out of frame.
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