- Maker
- Lemmon, Ruth (age 13)
- Date made
- 1760
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Fern, Eyelet, Outline, Stem, Straight.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 block alphabets: no J or U, q not Q. Numbers 1-9. All rows are separated by wide and narrow saw tooth bands. Various other cross bands. At the bottom: the Spies of Canaan (Caleb and Joshua), wearing flared coats, wide hats, and knee-breeches, carrying grapes on a pole between them. The letters C and J are over their heads with the notation: NVBERS c 13 V 23. They are flanked by tulip plants in baskets and small trees. Geometric vine-and flower border down both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- MY GOD I NEVER LONG'D TO SEE MY FATE WI* / *TH CVRIOVS EYES WHAT GLOOMY LINES AR* / *E WRIT FOR ME OR WHAT BRIGHT SCENES / SHALL RISE IN THY FAIR BOOK OF LIFE & GRA* / *CE MAY I BVT FIND MY NAME RECORDED IN SOM* / *E HVMBLE PLACE BENEATH MY LORD THE L* / *AMB / rVTH * LEMMON HER SAMPLER WORKED IN * / THE 13 YEAR OF HER AGE 1760 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 11 1/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE T14112 Gift of Mr. James Robert Rhodes.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
