How blest the maid whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide / Anne Kimball born June 14 1791 wroght this Sampler in / The twelth year of her age Newbury Port 1803

Maker

Kimball, Anne

Date made

1803

Origin

Newburyport, MA US

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

English pastoral landscape with wide lower border depicting a landscape with black and white sheep, a tree with red fruit, and two blue and white urns filled with blossoms. Undulating floral vine pattern up both sides and across top.

Inscription

How blest the maid whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide / Anne Kimball born June 14 1791 wroght this Sampler in / The twelth year of her age Newbury Port 1803

Length Without Frame

28"

Width Without Frame

22"

Original Frame

Yes

Historical Owner

#138077 Donated by Timothy A. Ingraham in 2000.

Owner

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Owner Private

Peabody Essex Museum