- Maker
- Bourn, Susan (age 14)
- Date made
- 1809
- Origin
- Rehoboth, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets. One ampersand. Numbers 1-10. Simple stitched lines, one cross band at the top. (Sampler appears unfinished).
- Inscription
- Susan Bourn's Sampler / wrought in the fourteenth / year of her age / Rehoboth August 12 1809 / Virtue thou ornament of human life / That crowns the virgin and aborns the wife / From thy blest treasures of contentment flow
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 15"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #1989-001-001 Gift of Carol Quinlan
- Owner
- Carpenter Museum, Rehoboth, MA
