Sampler done with polychrome wool cross stitch on tan loosely woven scrim, bound in blue silk ribbon.
At top of vertically oriented sampler is the date "1853" under which are the initials "AE" within an octagon. Sampler is densely decorated with motifs such as a running deer, a peacock and other birds perched in trees or potted flowering plants. At bottom center is a two-story house flanked by an outdoor pump and a chair.
Made by Anna Eshelman Good, according to family history and Edith Herr (niece of Ida M Herr) and seller's research at the Lancaster Menno. Historical Society. Anna Eshelman married John E. Good (1827-1901), they were farmers in Marticville and had 13 children. They were Mennonite (some of her siblings are buried in River Corners Mennonite cemetery).
Provenance
Descended in the Ida M. Hess family. Her sale was held July 13, 1991 at Wilshire Hills. Descent from maker to daughter Emma, born 1865, who married Jonas H. Hess. Her youngest daughter was Ida M. Hess, now deceased.
Needlework picture or memento done with polychrome wool on punched paperboard. Paper is bound at edges with a red silk with red with bows at corners. Cross stitch embroidery has a black silk bow at center withing an octagonal frame with floral motifs projecting outward from each of the eight sides.
Difficult to decipher exactly, it appears to read "SG", "1853" read in a clockwise direction, "21", and finally "Barbara Good."
Made by Anna Eshelman Good who married John E. Good (1827-1901). They were Mennonite farmers in Marticville and had 13 children. (Some of Anna's siblings are buried in River Corners Mennonite cemetery.)
Provenance
Descended in the Ida M. Hess family, whose sale was held July 13, 1991 at Wilshire Hills. Descent from maker to daughter Emma, born 1865, who married Jonas H. Hess. Her youngest daughter was Ida M. Hess, now deceased.
Silk binding has some loss a center of left side as well as bottom left corner. Very minor wool loss in cross stitching in floral motif at "six o'clock" of octagon. Minor staining on paper. Framed by Lancaster Galleries for an exhibit circa 2001.
