- Maker
- Lenox, Sarah (age 13)
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is done in four panels. #1: a wide carnation cross band #2: an urn with flowers in the center #3: a wide cross band with two baskets of flowers with a narrow ribbon type design #4 set on a green and yellow grass lawn, a fruit tree in the center with a stag and a butterfly on each side. Reversing arcaded honeysuckle border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (1) Religion prompts us to a future State, The last Appeal from Fortune and / from Fate, Where GOD's all righteous Ways will be declar'd The Bad / meet Punishment, the Good Reward / (2) Trust in the LoRD with all thine heart : and lean not unto thine own / understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy / path / (3) Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poveity nor riches, / feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say / Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God / in vain / (In the 4th panel): S a r a h L e n o x A g e d 1 3 1 8 0 5 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 9/16"
- Historical Owner
- #2003.414 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Berger in memory of Susan Jeanette Westfall
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
