Sampler, Matilda Jane Goddard, American, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross and satin stitches on plain weave foundation, A verse and inscription in the center are surrounded by a symmetrical arrangement of trees, flowering trees, fruit baskets, and birdbaths. With a strawberry vine border., The verse reads:, I am the creature of the Lord, He made me by his powerful word, This body in each curious part, was wrought by his unfailing art, From him my nobler spirit came, My soul a spark of heavenly flame, That soul by which my body lives, which thinks and hopes and joys and grieves, And must in heaven or hell remain, When flesh is turned to dust again, USA, 1836, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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Sampler, Matilda Jane Goddard, American, Medium, silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique, embroidered, counted cross, satin stitches, plain weave foundation, verse, inscription, center, surrounded, symmetrical arrangement, trees, flowering trees, fruit baskets, birdbaths, strawberry vine border, verse reads, I am, creature, Lord, me, powerful word, body, curious part, wrought, unfailing art, my nobler spirit came, My soul, spark, heavenly flame, soul, my body lives, thinks, hopes, joys, grieves, must, heaven, hell remain, flesh, turned, dust again, USA, 1836, embroidery & stitching, Sampler
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