- Maker
- Wragg, Ann (age 8)
- Date made
- 1764
- Origin
- Charleston, SC US
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross Marking, Eyelet, Tent
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: all missing the J, with ampersands. Numbers 1-11 and 1-4. Various stitched lines and small cross bands. Lower panels with various motifs: hearts, animals, two swans, birds, geometric trees, baskets of flowers and geometric trees. Arcaded carnation across the top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- (In center panel): Make much of precious Time / While in your pow'r. Be care / ful well to husband ev'ry Ho(ur) / For Time will come when yo(u) / shall sore lament. The unhap / py Minutes that you have mis / pent. (In lower panel): Ann Wragg Wrought this Sam / pler March the 21 1764 in the / Eighth Year of her Age /
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #HT 6422 Gift of Mary Elizabeth Heyward Silliman Hall 1980
- Owner
- The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC
- Owner Private
- The Charleston Museum
