That demographic factor and general assumptions such as isolation, or ignoring Vermont material culture in general-and especially given that artisans often did not sign their work-reinforce the notion that little was produced there. Vermont had the least population of all of the New England states, consequently, fewer Vermont needle works were made, and even fewer survive. While Glee Krueger includes a Vermont sampler in her New England Samplers to 1840, Betty Ring’s magisterial Girlhood Embroidery does not mention a single one. Vermont? Especially, rural, north-central Vermont! Vermont hardly figures in the standard literature on school-girl needlework. Private collection photograph by Stephen and Carol Huber. Silk and watercolor on silk, 22 ½ by 20 ½ inches (framed). Inscribed “Hester Leavenworth” on the verre églomisé mat within the original frame. Silk embroidery by Hester Leavenworth (1796–1864), Hinesburg, Vermont, c.
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