A SILK AND CHENILLE SAMPLER AND WATERCOLOR PICTURE ON SILK
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A SILK AND CHENILLE SAMPLER AND WATERCOLOR PICTURE ON SILK

WORKED BY HANNAH ROBINSON, UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1819

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A SILK AND CHENILLE SAMPLER AND WATERCOLOR PICTURE ON SILK
WORKED BY HANNAH ROBINSON, UPPER PROVIDENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 1819
Inscribed Winter See how winter's icy hand has stripp'd the trees and seat'd the ground: But spring shall soon his race withstand And spread new beauties all around and inscribed Hannah Robinson February 1819 along the bottom.
17¾ in. high, 19¼ in. wide
Provenance
Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, 1983

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Hannah Robinson worked her lovely silk and chenille on silk sampler in 1819 at a school in Upper Providence, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The young woman was educated by Elizabeth Robinson (1778-1830) and her four sisters, none of whom married. Seven other samplers from this school are known, including one illustrated in Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe's American Samplers (New York, 1973), pl. lxxviii, pp, 115, 216, 236 by Hannah J. Robinson, a niece of the teachers, who may or may not have been the same Hannah.
The poem the young seamstress included in this embroidery entitled Hymn 30, Winter was written by John Newton (1725-1807), who wrote many hymns and poems including Amazing Grace. Students often used poems or hymns in samplers, the unusual aspect of this sampler is the black surround emulating a black églomisé on glass, which was popular at the time. Mimicking this design was a characteristic of this specific school (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).

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