Abigail B. Bourne's sampler wrou / ght in the 12th year of her age New / Bedford June 11 1821 / Plain as this canvass was as plain we find / Unletter'd unadorned the female mind. / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul / No graceful colouring animates the whole / With close attention carefully inwrought / Fair education paints the pleasing thought //

Maker

Bourne, Abigail B. (age 12)

Date made

1821

Origin

New Bedford, MA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

4 alphabets: each with 26 letters. Numbers 1-9. Decorated around the perimeter with polygons whose centers are filled alternately with stars and rosettes.

Inscription

Abigail B. Bourne's sampler wrou / ght in the 12th year of her age New / Bedford June 11 1821 / Plain as this canvass was as plain we find / Unletter'd unadorned the female mind. / No fine ideas fill the vacant soul / No graceful colouring animates the whole / With close attention carefully inwrought / Fair education paints the pleasing thought //

Historical Owner

#1906.27

Owner

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA

Owner Private

New Bedford Whaling Museum