VIRGINIA SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER.worked by Eleanor Ann Wildman, aged 9 years, 1825, of Leesburg, VA. Alphabet rows, over a verse reading "O that my Maker while Im young, I may remember still, From ill words Lord restrain my tongue, And idleness my will", over a laurel wreath; the whole within strawberry border. Polychrome silk threads worked on linen ground. Unframed - 17 3/4 in. x 16 1/4 in,. Estimate $1,500-2,500
PROVENANCE: Descended through the Wildman Family, Leesburg, VA
Two small holes upper left corner near the "A", small stain on the linen ground of the laurel wreath, minor fading to the paler colored threads.
