Sale 219 Lot 633A

AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER WORKED BY LAURA GOODRICH, DATED 1809, DEPICTING WINDING RIVER, BUILDINGS AND TREES first quarter 19th century Signed LAURA GOODRICH and dated 1809.
Lush floral and foliage swag border surmounts alphabet worked in script and partial alphabet worked in block letters above verse with sawtooth edged border configured in two oblong panels all above elaborate pastoral landscape scene at the bottom houses, church, and other buildings, and trees, and a winding river.
Verse reads: "Banish every passion from they breast/But choose the gentleest and the best/With energy divine with holy love/The virtuous heart enlivened and improved/Let every nation every age/In this delightful work engage" Sight size: 16 1/2 in. x 21 1/2 in. Framed, 26 in. x 30 in.
$300-500

Condition:
Damage. Areas of loss