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EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB
EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB
EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB
EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB

EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB

$ 1452

Availability: 83 in stock
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Condition: Sampler is very good retaining much of its original color with no insect damage. Silhouette is in very good condition with minor chipping to the lower left corner facing of the frame.

    Description

    EARLY SAMPLER BY REBECCA HIXON WITH RARE SILHOUETTE CUT BY JAMES HOSLEY WHITCOMB OF N.H.
    Includes an early 19th century sampler with decorative floral vine border centering eleven alpha numeric rows below which is embroidered “Wrought by Rebecca H Hixon Age 8”. The sampler is accompanied by a wonderful silhouette identifying Rebecca H Hixon. Silhouette with inked lace collar.
    The silhouette was cut by James Hosley Whitcomb of New Hampshire; he was a deaf artist in the early 19
    th
    century with a distinctive style. His works are reasonably scarce and sought after by collectors.
    Purportedly a family note from 1978 indicates some family history which includes Rebecca Hixon’s relation to one of the most famous female legislators ever in the history of our country; Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith of Skowhegan, Maine.
    SIZE:
    Sampler Sight is 17” x 13”. Overall 18” x 14”. Silhouette Sight is 5” x 3-3/4”. Overall 7” x 5-1/2” in a mahogany veneer period frame.
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