- Maker
- Baker, Christeen
- Date made
- 1830
- Origin
- Mayhew, MS US
- Stitches
- Cross over one, Cross over two, Hem, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: both with 26 letters, one ampersand. Numbers 1-(1)0. Various cross bands. Saw tooth inside and outside saw tooth border, with a filled circle inner border all four sides. (Christine, her given English name, attended the Choctaw Mission School where she was taught reading, writing, geography, needlework and Bible verses. Sampler was finished three months before Christine and her people were moved to new land in Oklahoma).
- Inscription
- What so ever thy hand findeth to do do it with / Thy might for there is no work nor device nor / Knowledge nor wisdom in the grave wither thou / goest (Note: Ecclesiastes 9:10) When shall we all meet again / When shall we all meet again / Oft shall glowing hope expire / Oft shall weried love retire / Oft shall death and sorrow reign / Ere we all shall meet again. / When the dreames of life are fled / When its wasted lamp is dead / When in cold ovbivions shade / Beauty power and fame are laid / Where immortal spirits reign / There may we all meet again. / Wrought by / Christeen Baker / Choctaw Mission school / Mayhew June 9th 1830 // (Note: poem by William Cullen Bryant 1794-1878). //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 11 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #2009.137 Given in memory of Sarah B. McGehee by her daughter, Milly McGehee.
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
