- Maker
- Eachus, Mary (age 18)
- Date made
- 1785
- Origin
- Chester Co. PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Herringbone, Satin.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: No J, q not Q. Numbers 1-9. At top, two eight pointed star flowers and a carnation cross band. Verse in center. Three empty rows are followed by a saw tooth rule. At the bottom a row of pinks and star flowers. Strawberry border down both sides.
- Inscription
- Mary Eachus her Sampler / made in the eighteenth year / of her age*****1785*** / Phineas Eachus and Sarah / his wife with the names of / their children * Benjamin / Eachus * Virgil Eachus * / Mary Eachus * Paris / Eachus * Abner Eachus / / (verse with many spelling errors:) / The morning of my life is / Past the noon is almost ere / The night of death is appr / oching fast when I can work / no more * * * * * * * * * * / when I am dead and buried / and all by bones are rottne / when this you see remember me / least I shold be forgottne //
- Length Without Frame
- 26"
- Length With Frame
- 29"
- Width Without Frame
- 9 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 12"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli
- Owner Private
- Dan & Marty Campanelli
