- Maker
- Tincom, Esther (age 10)
- Date made
- ca. 1769
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Marking Cross, Satin, French knot, Tent, Long-armed cross, Outline, Stem, Chain, Roumanian, Bullion.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #490. 1708. Page 316.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: no J's, V and U transposed. Numbers 1-9. All rows are separated by simple geometric cross bands. Two wider cross bands of birds, trees, plants, strawberries, flowers. Above the alphabets is an angular arcade with 3 angels. The lower third of the sampler contains a landscape with hollyhocks and strawberries, two dogs chasing a running stag, a shepherdess and sheep, three flowering trees, a parrot and a hummingbird. Flowering vine border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- ESTHer Tincom IS MY Name and England IS MY Nation / Boston IS MY dwelling Place and Christ IS MY Salvation / When I am dead and in my grave and all my bones are rotten / When This You See remember Me That I Mant be for / (gotten Do)ne in the 10 year of MY age //
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 5/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #T 11099 Gift of William Young Patch.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
