Sampler
1838
Nancy Vredenburgh (American, active c. 1838) Mount Tabor Academy East Chester, Westchester County, New York, United States
New York
This sampler was made at Mount Tabor Academy in New York and offers insight into sampler making through its inclusion of the length of time that it took Nancy Vredenburgh to complete: only 14 days. The verse entitled “Advice to Youth” is quoted from Ecclesiastes 12:1.
Linen, plain weave; drawnwork; embroidered with silk floss in cross stitches