- Maker
- Swain, Rachel (age 18)
- Date made
- 1800
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem, Queen,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet. An acrostic sampler: the first letter of each line is the next letter of the alphabet. This one goes from A to L minus the J. Various plants in urns, strawberry plants, small white sheep and small black collared dogs, birds. All done in an saw tooth stitched rectangle. Reversing arcaded strawberry and tulip border all four sides. See #5082, 5086 and 5093 for a nearly identical sampler done at the same school.
- Inscription
- All mortal men that live must surely die / But how or when is hid from human eye / Consider then thy few uncertain days / Delay no longer to amend thy ways / Engage thy heart to serve the Iord in Iove / For all his ways the ways of comfort prove / Grant to thyself no time for vain delight / Hate all thats wrong and love to do the right / In all thou ever dost act gods fear / Keep still the thoughts of death and Judgme (above): nt near / Learn to avoide what thou beleave is sin / (Near the bottom): 1 8 0 0 / To no peculiar lot of (above on R): life / Is happiness confind / but in a self approving heart / And firm contented mind / R a c h e ll S w / a i n 18 years old //
- Length Without Frame
- 20 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1968.0010.003
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Name of School
- Nantucket School, Nantucket, MA
