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| The title of this unsigned, undated American sampler comes from the verse stitched across the top:
Let no fond love for earth exact a sigh; |
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| Probably made in one of the mid Atlantic states around the year 1820, this large, unusual sampler displays a pair of Quaker bird-in-branch motifs at the lower left and right. The crenellated castle-like structure at the lower left appears on at least one other sampler we have seen, from the late 1790's, made in Danvers, MA. A "crop" of Queen stitched strawberries grows between the castle and a humbler house on the right, fronted by a pasture with sheep and a cow. A Greek Key outer border encloses a deeply undulating multifloral inner border worked in a variety of stitches. On 30 count linen, this reproduction will be approximately the same size as the original sampler.
Linen: 30 count
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