Name/Title
SamplerEntry/Object ID
GHS 1302Description
Sampler with an outer border of flower and leaf design. Flowers are comprised of three triangles, the inner border is a diamond motif. Three rows of capital letter alphabets. Colors for sampler are shades of green, blue, brown, gold, beige, and orange. Row 1 "A-M" #6 Susan Earl pattern, stitched in the eyelet. Row 2 "N-X" #6 Susan Earl pattern, and Row 3 "Y Z" #6 Susan Earl pattern. The Y and Z in row 3 are centered and have flowers around the letters. Beneather this row is the following inscription:
"Teach me to sooth the helpless orphans grief
With timely aid the widow's woes assuage
To misery's moving cries to yield relief
And be the sure resource of drooping age."
On the other side of the poem is a bird. Beneath the birds are a smaller border of white flowers and green stems. Below this is "Martha Marple her work done in the year 1836." Name and date are sewn in brown thread.Provenance
Notes
Loan by:
Nathan Marple