- Maker
- Dawes, Mehetable May (age 9 or 7)
- Date made
- 1806
- Origin
- Concord, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Whip, Flat.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each missing the J. Uppercase block U and V transposed. Numbers 1-28. Various cross bands. A harvesting scene at the center top. Titled verse of sampler link it to others made in Boston area at the time. Set in an eglomised frame.
- Inscription
- Application / Improve the present time this instant is thine and / thou knowest not what the next may bring forth, de / fer not till the evening what the morning may accom / plish. The hand of diligence defeateth want. The labour of virtue bringeth forth pleasure / Mehetable May Dawes age 9 Yr May 2 /1806 //
- Length Without Frame
- 30"
- Width Without Frame
- 15"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- #T0020 Gift of Miss Eleanor W. Allen
- Owner
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
- Owner Private
- Concord Museum
