- Maker
- Brown, Mary
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- Newburyport, MA US
- Stitches
- Chain, Eyelet, Stem. Cross. Feather and other.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 34
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: not all complete but each has the J and the U. Various stitched lines. A flower spray at the bottom R and L. Arcaded cross band at the bottom.
- Inscription
- (First two lines are illegible, followed by): How ridiculous is the girl who wilfully swallows the poison of flattery. For any personal charms, and, in the height of her intoxication can be insolent or conceited! What woman of spirit should not aspire to qualities that are less accidental and less subject to change! What woman of reflexion should not resolve to adorn and cultivate a mind whose treasure may be inexhaustible and whose attractions never die. Each pleasing art lends higness to our minds, and with our studies are our live refin'd? How small of all that human hearts endure, / That part which laws or kings can cause or cure. / Mary Brown Her Sampler. Newburyport / December / 1799 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 11/12"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 34
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
