- Maker
- Musser, Maria
- Date made
- 1838
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Rococo, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Mirror image sampler with both sides identical. Motifs of strawberries, birds perched on a basket of flowers, butterflies and one large flower at the center bottom. Inner saw tooth border with an arcaded strawberry border top and bottom and a straight line blower border up the sides.
- Inscription
- Maria Musser / Sampler January gh 10 1838 / When i am ded and in my greave / and all my bons are rottan remem: / ber me When this you see that / i be not forgoten / J M
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 7/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-215 Whitman Sampler Collection, Gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
