Name/Title
SamplerEntry/Object ID
2008.10.1Description
Framed sampler on unbleached linen with dark brown, green and beige silk thread wrked in cross, satin, and queen stitches. There are three alphabets, with a zigzag tree pattern at the top, a simple border on each side, and a row of trees at the bottom. Below the last alphabet is the inscription:
"Wrought by Mary Bradbury in the 13th year of her age AD 1806"
and the verse:
"The time draws near that I must go,
and bid adieu to things below.
And if these lines you chance to see,
when I am dead, remember me."
In a gilded wood frame with flower designs.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Bradbury, MaryRole
NeedleworkerDate made
1806Material
silk thread on linenInterpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical ContextLabel Type
Object LabelLabel
Mary Bradbury (1792–1867)
Marking sampler, 1806
Probably worked in Biddeford, Maine (school unknown)
Silk thread on linen
Cross, satin, and queen stitches
Collection of the Dyer Library and Saco Museum