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Joanna Potter Wardel

Sampler of Mount Tabor Chapel

Maker

Joanna Potter Wardel (American)

Title

Sampler of Mount Tabor Chapel

Year

1835

Medium

  • Linen ground with wool embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Linen ground with wool embroidery

Materials

linen, wool

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription centered at top: "I love her gates; I love the road;/The church adorn'd with grace,/Stands like a Palace built for God./To show his milder face./My soul shall Pray for Zion still./While Life or breath remains:/There my best friends my kindred dWell/There God my saViour reigns." Centered at middle: "HoW amiable/are the tabernacles./O Lord of hosts,/PSALM LXXXIV Verse 1*" Beneath: "Mount Tabor Chapel S[?}ll" Center bottom: "Joanna Potter Wardle Her Work in 1935 A Present for WMW"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray

Object Number

82.289.79

Type

  • Textiles

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Joanna Potter Wardel (American)
Sampler of Mount Tabor Chapel, 1835
Linen ground with wool embroidery
Gift of Daphne Peabody Murray 82.289.79

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