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Stephen & Carol Huber:  Dealers in antique needlework samplers, silk embroidery, cross stitch, tapestries.

ELIZA SPRAGUE STEARNS c. 1808 Boston, MA silk embroidered memorial from Huber

ELIZA SPRAGUE STEARNS c. 1808
Boston, Massachusetts silk embroidered memorial

Susanna Rowson School


RELIGION/ CHARITY & WORD/ SLEEP HERE/ WAITING THE/ RESURRECTION/ OF THE JUST…SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ of/ JOSEPH SPRAGUE Esq/ Obit Feby 15 1808 AE 69 And/ Mrs. Elizabeth SPRAGUE/ HIS WIFE/ Obit May 2 1807 AE 64.

Eliza stitched this beautiful memorial to her grandparents at Susanna Rowson's school in Boston. Mrs. Rowson was renown for the outstanding academic instruction she provided for her young ladies. She was a talented writer, artist, musician, actress and needlewoman. Her novel Charlotte Temple was a huge success and is remains in print today.

Silk and watercolor on silk: 18" x 12 ½" sight size.

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