- Maker
- Pierce, Mary (age 14)
- Date made
- 1770
- Origin
- VA (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Eyelet, Chain, Stem, Flat.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: 26 letters. Numbers 1-4. Adam & Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge with the asp twined around the trunk. Two birds next to a basket of flowers on each side. Tree on L & R at bottom. Wide cross bands between each section divide sampler into 4 panels. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- The Ten Commandments in Verse E / / (on L): 1 Thou shalt have none other God but me / 3. Take not the sacred name of God in vain / 4 Nor dare his sabath to profane / 5. Give to thy parents honor due / (On R): 6. Be careful thou no murder do. / 7. Refrain from words and deeds unclean / 8 Nor steal though thou be poor and mean / 9. Make not a willful lie nor love it / 10. What is anothers do not covet. / / (On L): Our father ate forbidden fruit / And from his glory fell / (On R): And we his children thus were brought / To death and near to hell / (At the bottom): Mary Pierce, her work. / Finished in the Fourteenth / year of her age - 1770 . //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1961.2 Gift of Catherine Harrison
- Owner
- NSCDA Wilton House, Richmond, VA
- Owner Private
- NSCDA-VA Wilton House
