- Maker
- Carlile, Ann
- Date made
- 1802
- Origin
- PA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Various small partial motifs are at the top and bottom. Verse is done in an irregular dodecagon shape with the name of classmates stitched around and within. It is not known if the maker of this sampler realized the seriousness of her illness or if her classmates stitched it to commemorate her passing. .
- Inscription
- WESTTOWN / O best of parents, wipe your tears / Or rather to Parental Nature pay / The tears of grateful joy who for a while / Lent you this younger self this opening bloom / Of you enlightn'd minds and gentle worth / Believe the muse the wintery blast of death / Kills not the buds of virtue no! they spread / Beneath the heavenly beam of brighter suns / Through endless ages into higher powers. / A Carlile / 1802 (Names include): Alugham / R. Budd / E. Sharples / M. Barker /S. Smith / I. Smith /D. Carlile / E. Carlile / I. Sharples / A. Sharples / H. Tunis / R. Smith / R. Scholfield / I Sharples / A. Sharples / A. Ingham / E. Folwell / R. James //
- Historical Owner
- #16564
- Owner
- Mercer Museum, Doylestown, PA
- Owner Private
- Mercer Museum
- Name of School
- Westtown School, Chester, PA
