Name/Title

sampler

Entry/Object ID

1980.1309.001

Description

Sampler. Pictorial sampler. Natural linen with cross, 2-sided line and eyelet stitches in red, yellow, green, blue and pink. Central design is large picture of a brick house (believed to be actual house, still standing in Frederick County) with birds, dogs and fence around yard. Strawberry border. Verse "When I am dead and in my grave and all my bones are Rotten remember me when this you see the dead are soone forgotten". Signed "Margaret Kinzer's work done in her thirteenth year". 17.25" x 21". [Was framed by conservator for exhibit at Maryland Historical Society; is still in frame]

Acquisition

Accession

1980.1309

Source or Donor

Barnes, Vivian Englar

Acquisition Method

Bequest