- Maker
- Buffum, Marcy (Age 11)
- Date made
- 1790
- Origin
- Salem, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Stem, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: all missing the J and the U. #3 ends with W. All done in a saw tooth stitch square in the center. Reversing arcaded border with small flowers and leaves patterned on three sides but only stitched on the L. Two baskets with flowers and a large flowering branch at the bottom drawn but not stitched. Sampler is unfinished.
- Inscription
- BEHOLD ALASS OUR DAYS WE SPEND / HOW VAIN THAY ARE HOW SOON THEY (above line) END / MAY USEFUL ARTS IMPLOY MY YOUTH / AND LOVE OF VIRTUE AND OF TRUTH / THAT WHEN THESE FELTING MOMEN END / A CROWN IMMORTAL I MAY FIND / MARCY BUFFUM IS MY NAME AND / WITH MY NEEDLE I HAVE WORKED / THE SAME IN THE 11 YEAR OF MY AGE //
- Length Without Frame
- 22"
- Width Without Frame
- 16"
- Historical Owner
- #5444
- Owner
- Lynn Museum, Lynn, MA
- Owner Private
- Lynn Museum
