Rebecca Raisner,
Lambertville, New Jersey,
1831

Sampler size:
16¼" x 16½"

Price: $4800

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This sampler was made by Rebecca Raisner, who, as she states on her sampler, was born on December 4, 1818. She was the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Crouse) Raisner who were married in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and settled across the river in Lambertville, New Jersey. Joseph was a brick maker and pottery maker whose work is documented in Crafts and Craftsmen of New Jersey by Walter Hamilton Van Hoesen and at great length in The Early Makers of Handcrafted Earthenware and Stoneware in Central and Southern New Jersey by M. Lelyn Branin. This lengthy account indicates the Raisner family settled in Lambertville in 1824 and operated a pottery manufactory in a two-story brick building in the village of Lambertville, on the north side of Hancock Street. Many of Raisner's business and real estate dealings that related to the brick and pottery businesses are documented between 1824 and his death in 1863.

The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, published in 1905, contains much information about the Crouse family, and mentions the marriage of Elizabeth Crouse to Joseph Raisner. Rebecca married Cornelius Arnett, also of Lambertville. He became a highly successful contractor and builder whose work was well known in Lambertville. The Centenary Methodist Church of Lambertville, built in 1865, is amongst his notable buildings. They had 9 children and the family was prominent in Lambertville throughout the mid 19th century. Cornelius was the administrator of Joseph Raisner's estate after his death. Rebecca died on November 27, 1890.

Rebecca's handsome sampler, worked when she was 13 years old, indicates that she likely attended a Quaker school, as the composition, motifs and alphabets are specifically of Quaker design. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a mahogany frame.

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