Mary Shields's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1827
name: label: maker
content: Shields, Mary
notes: label: Description
content: Two block alphabets of 26 letters. Two rows of evenly spaced small motifs (hearts, birds, crowns, eight-pointed stars). Two small dogs in lower corners. Five whole and four partial geometric crossbands. No border. Wool and silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross. THREAD COUNT: warp 30, weft 32/in.<br>
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content: <B>Inscriptions:</B><br>
label: Description
content: "On God for all events depend you cannot<br>want when Gods your friend<br>
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content: The Ant against Cold winter wisely hoard<br>Provision which The Summer's wealth afford<br>Reading a Silent Lesson to mankind that they<br>Ending moove not behind<br>
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content: Better'n the Kindnesses that you Receive<br>As far as your ability which leave nothing is<br>More unmannerly than muth as that vile<br>temper of ingratitude<br>(This last verse has been badly repaired, and should read: Return the kindnesses that you receive<br>As far as your ability gives leave Nothing is<br>more unmannerly nor rude Than that vile<br>temper of ingratitude)<br>
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content: Mary Shields May the 30 1827"<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Nothing is known about the life of Mary Shields.
place: label: Place Made
content: World
topic: label: depicted
content: Alphabets
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Samplers
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Roger Pryor Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T11676
label: catalog number
content: T11676
label: accession number
content: 219034
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (ground fabric material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (embroidery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 3/4 in x 13 in; 40.005 cm x 33.02 cm