- Maker
- Waine, Mary (age 12)
- Date made
- 1795
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Lazy-daisey, Split, Cat, French Knot, Chain, Satin, Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 84 Verse 92 (var)
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Free form sampler with a house and barn with animals, horse, cow, goats, deer, dog. Figures of man and woman with a chained bird under a flowering arbor. Clouds at top. Three large flowers dominate each side, at top at bottom and in center.
- Inscription
- When Friends is dead and money spent Learning is most excellent / Mary Waine her Work Aged 12 1795
- Length Without Frame
- 10 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Historical Owner
- #1971.180.131 Bequest of Flora E. Whiting.
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 84 Verse 92 (var)
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
