- Maker
- Bailiff, Sarah
- Date made
- 1839
- Origin
- Hillsboro, NC US
- Stitches
- Cross, Algerian Eye, Four-sided, Upright Gobelin, Satin, Stem, Hem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: block with 26 letters, long S. Uppercase script to P, missing J. Numbers 1-4. Each row separated by various stitched lines. Two strawberry plants to the right of the verse. No border.
- Inscription
- Now mark the Sequel May Your mind / In wiSdomS waYs true PleaSure find / Grow StronG in virtu rich in truth / And Year bY Year renew itS Youth / Till in the late triumphant hoUr / The SPirit Shall the fleSh overPoWer / ThiS from itS SUfferinGS Gain releaSe / And that taKe WinG and Part in PeaCe / / Sarah BaILIFF'S SamPler done Nov 27 * 1839 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*T12722 Gift of Miss Rebecca Waddell Cushman.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
