Alphabet/verse sampler; vertical rectangle, natural linen ground, polychromatic; simple cross stitch border; two lines of variations of Greek key at the top; various other needlework lines divide the rows of alphabet and verse; two alphabets, one at the top and one at the bottom with the verse inbetween: alphabets missing "J"; cross stitch, satin stitch, star stitch.
samplers (embroidery)
needlework (visual works)
cross-stitching
embroidering
linen (material)
silk (textile)
alphabets (symbols)
education
poetry
Silk
Linen
Embroidered
Cross-stitched
Poetry
Education
Alphabet
Sampler
""Martha Tufts is y/name New England is/my nation/Charlst/own is my nativ/e place and Christ is my Salvation.""
Tufts, Martha, 1773- (Embroiderer)
Charlestown, Massachusetts
15 11/16 x 9 1/16 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Clarke Bowser
1982.243
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Massachusetts (United States)
Title sampler Accession Number 1982.244
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