- Maker
- Peele, Nabby Mason (age 12)
- Date made
- 1778
- Origin
- Salem, MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 68 Verse 502, 503
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets. A shepherd and shepherdess stand on either side of a tree set in a landscape with sheep at the bottom. Large floral sprays fill the top and side borders. Done at the Stivors School in Salem, MA (?)
- Inscription
- NABBY MASON PEELE HER / SAMPLER WROUGHT NOVEM / BER THE 27 1778 IN / THE 12 YEAR OF HER AGE / LORD I ADDRESS THY HEAVENLY THRONE CALL / ME A CHILD OF THINE SEND DOWN THE SPR / RIT OF THY SON TO FORM MY HEART DIVINE / IN THY FAIR BOOK OF LIFE DI / VINE MY GOD INSCRIBE MY N / AME AND LET IT FILL SOME / HUMBLE PLACE BENEATH / THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB. SARAH STIVORS SCHOOL MAM //
- Length Without Frame
- 15 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 19"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #109643 Gift of Mary T. Saunders in 1890.
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 68 Verse 502 & 503
- Owner
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
- Owner Private
- Peabody Essex Museum
- Name of School
- Sarah Stivor's School , Salem(?) MA
