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THIS RARE AND HISTORIC SOUTHERN SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK DESCENDED IN ONE OF THE SOUTH'S MOST IMPORTANT FAMILIES! ON THE SAMPLERMAKER'S MATERNAL SIDE,THE PROMINENT CABELL FAMILY OF VIRGINIA PROUDLY TRACES IT'S LINEAGE IN AMERICA TO POCAHANTAS.............WHILE ON THE PATERNAL SIDE THE POLLITT FAMILY IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SETTLING FAMILIES OF KENTUCKY;AND ARE DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY IN THE HISTORIC BOOK PRINTED IN 1912;"A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS". SAMPLERMAKER ANN POLLITT'S RARE SOUTHERN SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER IS A GEM! ANN WAS BORN JAN 4,1828;THE DAUGHTER OF ELIZABETH ROBERTSON CABELL OF VIRGINIA (B.1809 IN PITTSYLVANIA) AND JAMES BALLARD POLLITT AND ONE OF 2 DAUGHTERS. HER FATHER WAS A PROMINENT SOUTHERNER,AND ONE OF THE FIRST MERCHANTS IN HENDERSON COUNTY,KENTUCKY.HE DIED PREMATURELY OF CHOLERA IN 1832 WHILE AWAY IN BALTIMORE ON BUSINESS, AND NEVER LIVED TO SEE HIS DAUGHTER'S EXCEPTIONAL SAMPLER. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH CABELL WHOSE SIGNIFICANT VIRGINIA FAMILY DESCENDED FROM POCAHANTAS, REMARRIED LT. GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY ARCHIBALD DIXON WHO SUCCEEDED HENRY CLAY AS SENATOR OF KENTUCKY! TO SAY THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT SOUTHERN FAMILY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THE SAMPLERMAKER'S SISTER,VIRGINIA JAMES POLLITT (B.DEC.18,1829),MARRIED WILLIAM McCLAIN SR. WHO WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT PLANTATION OWNERS IN HENDESON COUNTY,KY. BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR HE OWNED 185 SLAVES WHO WORKED HIS PLANTATIONS,AND IN ONE YEAR HIS TOBACCO CROP SOLD FOR $75,000....A DAUNTING SUM FOR THAT TIME IN AMERICA.ONE OF HE AND VIRGINIA POLLITT'S SONS, WILLIAM JR.,BECAME A MOST PROMINENT LAWYER AND JUDGE IN HENDERSON COUNTY. POCAHANTAS,ANCESTOR OF THE SAMPLERMAKER,WAS BORN PRINCESS MATOAKA (REBECCA) POCAHANTAS POWHATEN BORN SEPT 17,1595 IN JAMESTOWN,VIRGINIA.... ON THE GLOUCESTER SIDE OF THE YORK RIVER. HER FATHEr WAS WAHUNSONACOCK POWHATEN AND HER MOTHER WAS MATATISKE OR NANOMA.....POCAHANTAS MARRIED THE SAMPLERMAKER'S ANCESTOR,SETTLING IMMIGRANT JOHN ROLFE OF THE JAMESTOWN COLONY IN 1614. SADLY POCAHANTAS DIED IN 1616 AFTER TRAVELING WITH HIM TO ENGLAND,W SHE WAS BELOVED AND ADMIRED BY THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AND ROYALTY.THEIR CHILD LT. THOMAS ROLFE MARRIED JANE POYTHRESS OF VIRGINIA AND THEIR DAUGHTER JANE MARRIED ROBERT BOLLING,IMMIGRANT SETTLER TO VIRGINIA;AN IMPORTANT MERCHANT,PLANTER,AND MORE SIGNIFICANTLY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESS IN VIRGINIA. THIS IMPORTANT SOUTHERN SAMPLER(APPX.22x23) NOT ONLY COMES WITH HISTORIC PROVENANCE,BUT WITH VERY FINE OVERALL CONDITION, STRONG SILK COLORS, AND CAPTIVATING VISUAL ELEMENTS.THE INSCRIPTION IN THE BOTTOM PANEL OF THE SAMPLER READS;"ANN BALLARD POLLITT FEBUARY 26th 1839".IN TRADITIONAL AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL FASHION SHE STITCHED LINES OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS IN THE UPPER PANEL,SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER HALF BY A BOLD HORIZONTAL BAND TRIMMED IN GREEN.THE SAMPLER IS CONSERVED IN A STRIKING ORNATE ANTIQUE FRAME,LAID ON ACID FREE BOARD,AND IS HIGHLIGHTED BY ADDITIONAL ,VISUALLY IMPACTING HORIZONTAL BANDS THAT FEATURE MORE OF THE BOLD GREEN SILK ACCENTS.THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HORIZONTAL BAND IS COMPOSED OF OVERSIZED SHADED LEAVES ON A MEANDERING VINE,WHILE 2 OTHERS BELOW ARE COMPRISED OF VIBRANT GEOMETRIC DIAMONDS,AND UPWARD REACHING STRAWBERRIES. THOUGH THE GREEN HUES ARE MOST EYE CATCHING,T ARE BRIGHT WHEAT COLORED SILKS,EARTH TONES,AND EVEN A TOUCH OF YELLOW.I HAVE TAKEN SOME PHOTOS OUT OF THE FRAME TO SHOW THE FULLY HEMMED EDGE ALL AROUND. THE VERY THICK FRAME CAST A SLIGHT SHADOW ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BORDER,SO I TOOK A FEW WITH THE FRAME FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENSIVE PROVENANCE,INCLUDED IS A COPY OF THE 1830 HENDERSON CENSUS;WHEN FATHER JAMES AS HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD WAS STILL LIVING,AND BOTH THE SAMPLERMAKER AND HER SISTER ARE NOTED. ANY SERIOUS SAMPLER COLLECTOR, NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERT,OR SOUTHERN ENTHUSIAST WILL SURELY PRIZE THIS EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER;AN HISTORIC FOLK ART PIECE OF AMERICANA TIED TO THE POCAHANTAS AND THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA AT JAMESTOWN VIRGINA!..(excuse shadow in last photo showing full antique...
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