Quaker Needlepoint Sampler with Stitched Hem, Lydia Smith (b. 1792), Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1...

Quaker Needlepoint Sampler with Stitched Hem, Lydia Smith (b. 1792), Smithfield, Rhode Island, 12 July 1803. Plain-woven linen panel finished on all sides around a satin-stitch serrated border, the top and bottom margins decorated with flower and queen's-stitched diamond patterns, centering seven rows of cross-stitched letters and numbers above the signature 'Lydia Smith's Sampler wro / -ught at ten years of age Smithf- / ield July 12 1803' inscribed on a blue-filled background, the text below bottom reading, 'May every blessing be friend Lydia's share / May Heaven protect her with peculiar care / On flowery paths may she securely tread / By kind fortune followed and by virtue led' in pale blue thread, float-mounted in glazed frame, panel, 12 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance A North Smithfield, Rhode Island, Estate. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing