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(Description taken from Betty Ring's auction catalogue Januarary 2012 at Sotheby's)
LOT 645
FINE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, CATHARIN BRUBAKER, NEW HOLLAND
SCHOOL, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1823 worked in silk stitches on a linen ground, signed Catharin Brubaker's
Performance in the twelth year of her age, New Holland School, February 1823.
Height 10 1/2 by width 13 3/4 in.
PROVENANCE
Richard H. and Virginia A. Wood, Baltimore, Maryland, May 24, 1965
EXHIBITED
American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of
American Folk Art (p. 45, fig. 76)
CATALOGUE NOTE
Catharin's wreath suggests Quaker influence , and performed or performance occurs more often on Quaker work than
on other samplers (see Martha Rogers, fig. 24); it also appears on a New Holland School sampler of 1839 (Franklin
and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ). This was a German and English common school founded in 1796 and
located on the Lutheran Congregation's land. Catharin (1811 - 1895) named her parents, Abraham Brubaker (1777-1847)
and Anna (1781- 1831) of New Holland; also, her Preceptoress R. Rakestraw. Catharin's married name was Ranck. Catharin
Brubaker's mother was Anna Zell. (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).
ESTIMATE with 25% buyers premium $7,500 - $10,000
Special Offering: Sold
To discuss or purchase this item call (860) 388-6809 or email: Hubers@Antiquesamplers.com
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