(Center L): Why should I say its yet too soon / To seek for heaven or think of death / A flower may fade before the noon / And I this day may lose my breath. (Center R): Mary Parker is my name / Massachusetts is my station / Pepperell is my dwelling place / And Christ is my salvation 1805 / (Bottom): Mary Parker's Sampler aged thirteen years (1-10).

Maker

Parker, Mary (age 13)

Date made

1805

Origin

Pepperell, MA US

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk and Cotton

Predominent Motif

3 alphabets: 26 letters. 3 story house at center bottom with a large tree with birds on either side. Saw tooth inner border with scroll outer border with pinks border between.

Inscription

(Center L): Why should I say its yet too soon / To seek for heaven or think of death / A flower may fade before the noon / And I this day may lose my breath. (Center R): Mary Parker is my name / Massachusetts is my station / Pepperell is my dwelling place / And Christ is my salvation 1805 / (Bottom): Mary Parker's Sampler aged thirteen years (1-10).

Length Without Frame

26"

Width Without Frame

22 1/4"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#54.29 Gift of Mrs. Sandford D. Neely

Owner

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Owner Private

Metropolitan Museum of Art