1745, England
1 of 1
1745, England
- Identifier
- 2003.387
- Transfer of custody
- MFA Boston
- Acquisition
- Purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Berger; Gift to the MFA, September 17, 2003 / Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Berger in memory of Susan Jeannette Westfall
- Collection
- Technique
- Embroidery 100%
- Embroidery 98%
- Depiction
- Vegetal motif 58%
- Vegetal motif 58%
- Dimension
- 31.8 cm (height)1.9 cm (width)
- Production time
- Production place
- Type of object
Description
Sampler inscribed "There is No Charm in the female Sex that can supply the Place of Vertue without Innocence. Beauty is unlovely and Quality contemptable. good Breeding degenerates into Wantonness and Wit into impudence. A Vertuou person struggling with Misfortunes and rising above them is an Object un which the Gods may Look down with Pleasure. Tamer Simpson. Pitch upon that Course of Life which is the most excellent and Custom will render in the most delightful. 1745. Wrought at hesket by me Tamer Simps." Worked in cross, satin, counted satin, and sawtooth stitches.
