Needlework Sampler

Description:

Needlework Sampler, executed by Sarah (Sally) Weston, Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, c. 1800, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, depicting rows of alphabets over the names of Sarah's parents and six siblings above a scene with a yellow house, pine tree, flowering tree, a bird, a rose bush, and strawberries, (scattered background losses, fading, toning, light staining),16 1/4 x 14 in., in a molded tiger maple frame.

Note: Sarah (Sally) Weston was born June 19, 1785, the first child of seven born to William and Hannah (Hall) Weston. William (1760-1834) and Hannah (1763-1832),were born in England and at some point emigrated to America, married January 27, 1785, and resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where William ran the Dilworthtown Inn. It is reported that William served in the Revolutionary War and said to have carried the first flag in a Revolutionary War battle at the Battle of Brandywine, according to their granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Fritz (daughter of Sarah's sister Elizabeth),in the Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Vol. 37, p. 173, and in a c. 1900 interview also with Mrs. Fritz in the Daily Local News, dated September 11, 1900, in an article titled "Stars and Stripes at Brandywine."
Estimate $300-500

Several frayed/holes to the linen foundation fabric at u.r. corner, rt. and left sides close to the edges, on rt. side of house, lower area of bird and above Sarah's signature reserve; light brownish staining on left side and lower quarter of sampler.



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