1743 LYDDA MOORS AND 1814 AUGUSTA S. PIERCE SAMPLERS (LOT OF 2).

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Needlepoint sampler "worked in 1743 by Lydda Moore Grandmother of Theodore Parker", as inscribed in iron-gall ink on the pressboard backing of a 19th century, glazed print frame in which it is displayed. The needlework includes this phrase: "1743 / LYDDA MOORS / IS MY NAME / WITH MY / THREAD [as portrayed by a worked, red line] / NEEDLE I DID" rendered in yellow, green, blue, red and taupe on a piece of natural brown, plain-woven linen approximately 7 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches. Lydda Moore (1731-1822) was later the wife of Captain John Parker (1729-1775), commander of the Lexington Minute Company whose stand against British regulars on April 19, 1775 became the "Shot Heard Round the World" and opened the Revolutionary War. CONDITION; minor separation in the linen at three points down the sampler's center, otherwise very good and with strong coloring to the embroidery work. [with] "Augusta S. Peirce / Aged 10 1840." as worked in the bottom of this later sampler, demonstrating that girl's workmanship in needlepoint, being the capital letters of the alphabet, followed by primary numbers, then by the small case letters of the alphabet, all within framed borders and rendered with black (no brownish] floss on a ground of natural brown linen, 8 x 7 inches (view), within a glazed, 19th c., grain-painted frame. CONDITION: very good, less the discoloration of the black dye as noted above. JLK Illustrated and discussed on pp. 106-107 of "For Liberty I Live."