- Maker
- Meyn, Maria
- Date made
- 1787
- Origin
- Enkhuizsen, Holland, Netherlands
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A darning sampler with various squares of different stitches. Motifs of crowns, small trees, vases with flowers. Sampler is worked from four sides.
- Inscription
- (Stiched around the center square): MARIA MEYN * IN *ENKH / UYSEN * OP * MANDAG / VOLTROCKEN DEN 1787 / ANNO (Translation by Hubert P.C. Vanderlught: Completed August 1787 on Monday by Maria Meyn at Enckhuysen).
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1990.001.368
- Owner
- Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, MA
- Owner Private
- Cohasset Historical Society
