Object Details
maker
Marx, Elizabeth
Description
Verse and two wide floral crossbands, both arcaded, one with roses and one with strawberries and forget-me-nots. Two eight-pointed stars. Black guidelines under flowers in rose crossband. Center section framed in band of sawtooth. Border of geometric flowering vine with strawberries and pinks, and an outer row of dentil pattern on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, straight, Algerian eye, satin, surface satin, encroaching satin, stem, queen, outline. THREAD COUNT: warp 40, weft 38/in.
Inscriptions:
"Here In This Garden Here Below
Water Me That I May Grow
And When All Grace To Me Is Given
Then Transplant Me Into Heaven
Water Me That I May Grow
And When All Grace To Me Is Given
Then Transplant Me Into Heaven
Elizabeth Marx Her Work 1802"
Background:
This is probably the Elizabeth born on March 20, 1790, to George and Elizabeth Marx in Reading, Pennsylvania. According to the records from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, she married Christian Brobst on September 6, 1812. She died June 20, 1847 and is buried at the Union/West End Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh, PA.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Mary Ellen Totten
Date made
1802
ID Number
TE.T11651
catalog number
T11651.000
accession number
222389
Object Name
sampler
Physical Description
linen (ground fabric material)
silk (embroidery thread material)
Measurements
overall: 16 3/4 in x 14 in; 42.545 cm x 35.56 cm
Place Made
United States: Pennsylvania, Reading
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
depicted
Flowers
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_639671