LOVE THOU ThE LORD AND HE WILL / BE A TENDER FATHER UNTO THE / SLEP DOWNEY SLEP COME CLOSE MY EYES / TIRED WITH BEHOLDING VANITIES / SWEET SLUMBERS COME AND CHASE A / WAY THE TOYLS AND FOLYS OF THE DAY / ON THY SOFT BOSOM LET ME LIE FOR / GET THE WORLD AND LEARN TO DIE. / KATHARINE HOLDEN WAS BORN OCTOBER THE 30 IN THE YEAR 1717 / AND WROUGHT THIS SAMPLER IN THE YEAR 1733

Maker

Holden, Katherine (AGE 16)

Date made

1733

Origin

Unknown

Stitches

Satin, Bullion, Cross.

In Bolton & Co.

Yes Page 52 Verse 186, 343

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: no J or U. q not Q. Numbers 1-4. Various wide and narrow flower cross bands and other simple stitched lines. Arcaded rose and tulip border all four sides. (Note: Illustrated on page 30 of American Samplers by Bolton & Coe)

Inscription

LOVE THOU ThE LORD AND HE WILL / BE A TENDER FATHER UNTO THE / SLEP DOWNEY SLEP COME CLOSE MY EYES / TIRED WITH BEHOLDING VANITIES / SWEET SLUMBERS COME AND CHASE A / WAY THE TOYLS AND FOLYS OF THE DAY / ON THY SOFT BOSOM LET ME LIE FOR / GET THE WORLD AND LEARN TO DIE. / KATHARINE HOLDEN WAS BORN OCTOBER THE 30 IN THE YEAR 1717 / AND WROUGHT THIS SAMPLER IN THE YEAR 1733

Length Without Frame

14 1/2"

Width Without Frame

10 1/4"

Historical Owner

#1962.7.3 Gift of Miss Eleanor Upton

Bolton & Co. Page

52 Verses 186, 343

Owner

Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI