- Maker
- Brown, Ruthe Boden b. 4/13/1792 (age 9)
- Date made
- 1801
- Origin
- Marblehead, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linsey-Woolsey
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- At the bottom a young girl and a young man stand on either side of a tree with overhanging branches. 12 birds are perched in the tree. Three arcaded strawberry cross bands. A reversing arcaded alternating flower border up both sides and across the top. (Note: for a similar sampler see # 4594)
- Inscription
- Next Unto God Dear Pairrents I / Address MySelf To You In Hum / ble Thankfulness for All The cea / r You Hav On Me Bestowd The / Means Of Learning Unto Me / Aloud Go On I Say And Let Me / Still Persue Thos golden arts / The Vulger Never New 1801 9 yrs. Ruthe Boden Brown Her Work Agd //
- Length Without Frame
- 15.25"
- Width Without Frame
- 16.75"
- Historical Owner
- #1969.3 Gift of Miss Edna M. Whittemore
- Owner
- Marblehead Museum, Marblehead, MA
- Owner Private
- Marblehead Museum
