- Maker
- Dean, Catharine
- Date made
- 1813
- Origin
- Charlestown, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 148 Verse 152
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing J. Numbers 1-20. Various stitched lines and one strawberry cross band. Inner triple cross stitch border, then a vine and rose border and an outer single row border.
- Inscription
- In vain my sampler does assume / To paint the garb of natu(r)e to the eye / Art can imitate tho she presume / The noblest work of nature to outvie / Catharine Dean's Sampler wrought in / the 12th year of her age. Charln July 30 1813
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1907.52 Bequest of Stephen Salisbury III
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 148 Verse 152
- Owner
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
- Owner Private
- Worcester Art Museum
