- Maker
- Wister, Sarah (age 12)
- Date made
- 1773
- Origin
- Philadelphia, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Back, Rococo, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 88 Verse 342, 361
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Three sections of verse between wide rows of cross bands with saw tooth edgings. Two small animals (a deer and a dog) at the end of the first verse. All done in a stitched rectangle with an arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Lord grant me Wisdom to direct my ways / I ask not Riches nor yet length of Days / Oh happiness our beings end and aim / Good pleasure ease content what err thy name / Plant of celistial seed if dropd below / Say in what mortal soil thou deignst to grow / SARAH WISTERS WORK 1773 Wister
- Length Without Frame
- 11 1/4"
- Length With Frame
- 15 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 9 7/8"
- Wdith With Frame
- 13 9/16"
- Historical Owner
- #1975-128-1 Whitman Sampler Collection, Gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 88
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Name of School
- Benezet (Quaker) School, Philadelphia, PA