- Maker
- Hudson, Elizabeth (age 15)
- Date made
- 1737
- Origin
- Philadelphia, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Queen, Tent, Stem, Encroaching satin.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Various cross bands with rows of inscription between each band. Arcaded carnation border all four sides. Believed to have been done at the Marsh School in Philadelphia.
- Inscription
- SOME COVET TO BE DECKED IN RICH ATTIRE WITH GOLD AND PEARL THATO THERS / MAY ADMIRE THEM AND HONOR THEM AND THAT THEY MAY ADVANCE A BEAUTY THAT / WILL SOON DECAY / / IF IMPERFECTIONS DID NOT LODGE WITHIN WHAT MEAN THESE DECKINGS OF THE / FADING SKIN / THEY IN WHOSE NOBLE BREAST TRUE VERTUE DWELLS NEED NOT SO MUCH ADORN / THEIR OUTWARD SELVES / O THOU GREAT KING OF KINGS ARISE AND REIGN EXCEPT THY VERTUE SPRINGS ALL / WORSHIPS VAIN EXCEPT THY QUICKNING LIFE BE FELT TO RISE THERES NONE CAN / OFFER UP A SACRIFICE THE BED WAS EARTH THE RASED PILLOW STONE WHEREON / POOR JACOB RESTED HIS HEAD AND BONES / HEAVEN WAS HIS CANOPY THE SHADES OF NIGHT WAS / HIS DRAWN CURTAINS TO EXCLUDE THE LIGHT / / POOR STATE OF IACOB AS IT SEEMS TO ME / HIS CATTLE FOUND AS SOUFT A BED AS HE / YET GOD APPEARED THEIR JOY HIS CROWN / GID IS NOT ALWAYS FOUND IN BEDS OF DOWN / / WE ARE IN MISERY AND IN ASHES BORN REMEMBER THIS AS / YOU PASS BY DO NOT DERIDE / BUT PRAY ABIDE WHY FIX YOURE YES / ON THIS LOW GROUND WHERE SORROWS DWELL NO TONGUE CAN TELL / (At the bottom L): WILLIAM HUDSON / HANNAH HUDSON / WILLIAM EVANS / ELIXABETH EVANS / WILLIAM HUDSON / JANE HUDSON / SARAH HUDSON / MARY HUDSON / RACHEL HUDSON / (At the bottom center): JANE HUDSON / SUSANNA HUDSON / SMUEL HUDSON / JOSEPH COOPER / HANNAH COOPER / SAMUEL EMLEN / RACHEL EMLEN / JOHN EVANS / RUTH EVANS / (At the bottom R): ELIZABETH / HUDSON / her / samplar / workd in / the 15 year / of her age 1737 / /
- Length Without Frame
- 15 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 11 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1966-149-1
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Name of School
- Marsh School (Elizabeth or Ann) Philadelphia, PA