Ann Maria Fowler
Band Sampler with Quotations from Isaac Watts and Proverbs
1807
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Ann Maria Fowler
Band Sampler with Quotations from Isaac Watts and Proverbs
1807
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, silk embroidery threads, Framed: 19 3/4 × 19 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (50.2 × 50.2 × 3.8 cm.); Sight: 16 3/4 × 16 7/8 in. (42.5 × 42.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of William L. Reed, Lutherville, Maryland, in Memory of Barbara Garrett Reed
Object Number
1982.139
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1982; Barbara Garrett Reed by purchase Lutherville, MD.
Anita Jones, BMA, 'The Accomplished Stitch: American Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection,' 5/11-7/20/97, no. 26.
Homewood House Museum, Baltimore, 'Needles and Threads: Women's Handiwork, Men's Craftmanship,' September 6, 2001 - November 25, 2001.
Homewood House Museum, Baltimore, 'Needles and Threads: Women's Handiwork, Men's Craftmanship,' September 6, 2001 - November 25, 2001.
Anita Jones, "The Accomplished Stitch: American Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, checklist p. 25, cat. #26.
Inscribed: See Description for complete inscription. Inscribed at the bottom in embroidered threads: "Baltimore SePtember the 20/One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight/ Ann Maria . Fowler . 1808"