Textile - Sampler Needlework by Betsy Griffins
Sampler by Betsy Griffins

Textile - Sampler Needlework by Betsy Griffins


1825 (Date manufactured/created)
Silk on Linen
1825 needlework sampler by 11 year old Betsy M. Griffins of Guilford showing alphabet, numbers and advice. It reads, "Seize, Mortall Seize the transient hour. Improve each moment as it flies. Life's a short summer - man a flower. He dies - alas! - how soon he dies!" / SAMUEL GRIFFINS ABIGAIL B GRIFFINS/ JERUSHA GRIFFINS/ ROXANNA L. CONKLIN INSTRUCTOR." Silk on linen, under glass in brown metal frame. l: 12 1/4" w: 11".
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