- Maker
- Husbands, Maria (age 9)
- Date made
- 1840
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross over 1.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Motif sampler with groups of flowers in urns or pots. Two facing birds which symbolize harmony at the top. Makers name in a cartouche of two trees with intertwining branches. Tulip border all four sides.
- Inscription
- If idly spent no art or care / Time's blessing can restore / And God requires a strict account / For evry mis-spent hour / Short is our longest day of life / And soon its prospect ends / Yet on that days uncertain date . Eternity depends / Maria Husbands / Aged 9 Years / 1840
- Length Without Frame
- 13 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #3710 (Catalog available at www.dupinternational.org)
- Owner
- Pioneer Memorial Museum, Salt Lake City, UT
- Owner Private
- Pioneer Memorial Museum