New Hampshire House Sampler, 1832

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About the Item

This sampler is signed, “Wrought by Lucinda Stoddard aged 10 years,” along the bottom, underneath the house and lawn scene. Lucinda Maria Stoddard was the daughter of Amos and Lucy (White) Stoddard who lived in Nelson, New Hampshire, west of Manchester and near Keene (just south of the town of Stoddard). Featured on the sampler is a large house with green windows and a widow’s walk railing between the two chimneys. A particularly fine border of grape bunches, grape leaves and tendrilling vines frames it well. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has within is American Wing collections a very similar sampler, made by Emily Kittredge, also of Nelson, New Hampshire (accession #1984.331.5). Emily’s sampler is dated 1826 and features the same house and widow’s walk, trees and many other features. We are grateful to Met curator, Amelia Peck, for bringing this to our attention. Lucinda Stoddard’s ancestors came from England and had settled in Hingham, Massachusetts by the middle of the 17th century. She was the 4th of 6 children and lived with her parents until at least 1850, as indicated by census records. She then married John Proud who was born circa 1822 in England and had emigrated to the United States in 1850. They removed to Wilmington, Delaware and had at least 2 children. Lucinda died in 1894 and John in 1898; they are buried in the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Cemetery in New Castle County, Delaware. The sampler descended in the family until just recently. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a molded and black painted frame. Samplers and needlework are our specialty. If you are interested in more of this type of work please visit our website.

Dimensions:
Height: 19 in (48.26 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1832
Condition:
Seller Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU85831150932