(In the center): Teach me to feel another's woe / To hide the fault I see, / That mercy I to others show / That mercy show to me. / Mary Elizabeth Herman's Sampler finished / October 28th, 1831 In the 9th Year / of her age Suffolk / Virginia . On the L and R sides are two columns with a series of 8 initials, schoolmates perhaps? (Across the bottom): Dianna Crowder Herman James B Arnold Maria Flora EE H Tarnell M W //

Maker

Herman, Mary Elizabeth

Date made

1831

Origin

Suffolk, VA US

Stitches

Cross, Satin,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

5 (?) alphabets: most incomplete. Various cross bands. A flower spray on L and R of verse and one below. A column of initials on L and R with flowers on all four sides. Arcaded acorn (?) border all four sides.

Inscription

(In the center): Teach me to feel another's woe / To hide the fault I see, / That mercy I to others show / That mercy show to me. / Mary Elizabeth Herman's Sampler finished / October 28th, 1831 In the 9th Year / of her age Suffolk / Virginia . On the L and R sides are two columns with a series of 8 initials, schoolmates perhaps? (Across the bottom): Dianna Crowder Herman James B Arnold Maria Flora EE H Tarnell M W //

Length Without Frame

24"

Width Without Frame

22"

Historical Owner

Inherited - stitched by great-great grandmother

Owner

Mimi VIckers

Owner Private

Marion (Mimi) Harrison Vickers