Rare Needlework Sampler, Martha Rogers, New Bedford, massachusetts, dated 1819

Worked in silk on linen; signed Performed by Martha Roger New Bedford May 8th 1819.

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art  (p. 15, fig. 24)

Some darkening of linen; small loss extreme lower left; frame not original.
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Martha M. Rogers and Captain Wilmot Luce had four children. (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).