Farewell sweet flower of the / Morning sun. No sooner blown, Than faded, past and gone. / Electa Field.s Sampler. aged / Ten Years, worked Iuly 1797 //

Maker

Fields, Electa (age 10)

Date made

1797

Origin

MA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Predominent Motif

2 alphabets: upper and lowercase block, both missing the J. One ampersand. Numbers 1-9 and then backwards 8-3. Various cross bands. One crown motif and one other motif. Small border all four sides.

Inscription

Farewell sweet flower of the / Morning sun. No sooner blown, Than faded, past and gone. / Electa Field.s Sampler. aged / Ten Years, worked Iuly 1797 //

Historical Owner

#JPTC338 Gift of Mary T. Sears

Owner

Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, MA

Owner Private

Loring-Greenough House Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club