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Martha Ann Mason

Sampler, 1821

Description

Maker

  • Martha Ann Mason, b. 1811, American

Title

Sampler

Year

1821

Medium

Linen ground with silk embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • linen

Techniques

  • back stitch,
  • backstitch,
  • stem stitch,
  • plain weave,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • satin stitch,
  • cross stitch,
  • running stitch,
  • darning stitch,
  • couching,
  • eyelet stitch

Dimensions

43.2 x 40.6 cm (17 x 16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Central motif: Uppercase alphabet; "Wrought by Martha Ann Mason Feb. 1821 aged 10 years"; uppercase script alphabet, lowercase alphabet; Upper left corner: "I sigh not for beauty, nor/languish for wealth/But grant me kind/providence/virtue and/health." Upper right corner: "When richer than Queens/and as happy as they,/My days shall pass/sweetly and/swiftly/away." Lower left corner: "Expect not/perfect hap/piness below,/Nor heavenly/plants on earth's/lowly soil to grow." Lower right corner: "Become/none hap/py by their/outward a[?]/All have their port/ion of allotted care."

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Caroline A. Mason, Sara J. Mason, and Mrs. Florence N. Gager

Object Number

31.363

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts

June 18 - August 14, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Sampler with the accession number of 31.363. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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