Name/Title
SamplerEntry/Object ID
GHS 887Description
Sampler made by Jennet S.A. Campbell. Outer border is a tulip design of alternating red and yellow flowers with blue and yellow flowers. Inner border is a single row of stitches. Top part of inner square has alphabet, spanning tow rows. Use of alternating colors for the letters. Row 1 "A-V" #6 Susan Earl Pattern, has no "J", Row 2 "W-Z and 1-16". Beneath the alphabet is the following verse, stitched over one thread:
"Teach me to feel another woe
And hide the faults I See
That mercy I to others show,
That mercy show to me."
Below verse is name, Jennet S.A. Campbell done in her 10th year, 1819. Around the inscription are strawberries, a rose and a bird on a branch. On either side of the date and name are two swans, facing each other, with a branch and leaves above them.Dimensions
Width
14-1/2 inLength
12-1/2 inProvenance
Notes
Miss A.C. Thomas 1919