Mary Ann Palmer Thomas' Sampler
date: label: date made
content: November 9th, 1815
label: date made
content: 1815-11-09
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: Inscription 1:
label: Description
content: You must not expect Study to be always agreeable./ like the Rose it has its beauties but is not without its/ thorn
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content: Inscription 2:
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content: Seize the moments while they stay,/ Seize and use them, best you lose them,/ And lament the wasted day.
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content: Inscription 3:
label: Description
content: Mary ann Palmer Thomas. November 9th 1815
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Women Teaching Math
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.110
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.110
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.8 cm x 31.3 cm; 11 23/32 in x 12 5/16 in