- Maker
- Waring, Martha Ann
- Date made
- 1823-1825
- Origin
- Tappahannock, Essex Cnty, VA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Hem, Marking Cross, Queen
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- At center bottom a house on a hillock flanked by trees with birds, bushes and a deer on the R. Central field is enclosed on all 4 sides by a zigzag flower and vine border. At the top and bottom of this border is a band of queen stitch and a band of cross stitch. Arcaded flower and leaf border all four sides. (Note): Martha Ann Waring appears in a list of Tappahannock Female Seminary students as student number 85. It is very probable that Martha worked her sampler at the school. The upper portion of the sampler consists of a poem dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Waring, Martha's mother, who died in 1814, and a family record that lists the second marriage of Martha's father that same year. //
- Inscription
- (On upper L side): Departed this life on the 2d of April 1814 / In the 21st year of her age / Mrs. Elizabeth Waring / Let sorrow for her early doom / No more [sic] in silence sigh / For hope which points beyond the tomb / Bids every tear be dry. / Mary Elliot Tompkins X LRT CT / (On upper R side): William L. Waring / Mary Banks were ma / rried No the 10 1814 / Martha Ann Waring / Catherine E. Waring / Robert F. Waring / William L. Waring / Richard H. Waring // (In the center): Religion should our thoughts engage/ Amidst our youthful bloom / Twill fit us for declining age / And for the silent tomb / When we devote our youth to god [sic] / Tis pleasing in his eyes / A flower that's offer'd in the / bud / Is no vain sacrifice //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 15/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 7/16"
- Historical Owner
- #1986-126,A Gift of Mrs. John Lewis David, descendant of stitcher.
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
- Name of School
- Tappahannock Female Seminary (?) VA
