Object Details
- Description
- An educational sampler from 1815 by Mary Ann Palmer Thomas. This sampler features six alphabets in both upper and lower case as well as numbers. She also included two inscriptions. The first author is unknown but appears in grammar books of the time. The second inscription was written by Isaac Watts(1674-1748), English Christian minister. Many samplers included his poems. Red, black, and cream stitching in silk on a cream linen background. The stitches used are cross, four-sided and Algerian eyelet.
- Inscription 1:
- You must not expect Study to be always agreeable./ like the Rose it has its beauties but is not without its/ thorn
- Inscription 2:
- Seize the moments while they stay,/ Seize and use them, best you lose them,/ And lament the wasted day.
- Inscription 3:
- Mary ann Palmer Thomas. November 9th 1815
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
- November 9th, 1815
- 1815-11-09
- ID Number
- 2014.0244.110
- accession number
- 2014.0244
- catalog number
- 2014.0244.110
- Object Name
- sampler
- Physical Description
- fabric (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29.8 cm x 31.3 cm; 11 23/32 in x 12 5/16 in
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Women Teaching Math
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Education
- Record ID
- nmah_1694213
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-47ce-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
