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Sampler
Anne Wing (American, born 1726)
American
Colonial
1739
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk in reversible cross, eyelet, satin, couching, herringbone, running, and speckling
Dimensions
Height x width: 12 5/16 x 8 1/16 in. (31.2 x 20.4 cm) (Maximum)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. W. W. Morland
Accession Number77.150
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionUnbleached plain weave linen sampler embroidered with silk. Inscribed "Ann Wing is my Name and New England is my Nation, Boston is my Dwelling Place and Christ is my Salvation. When I am dead and all my bones are rotten, When this you see Remember me and never let me be Forgotten."; "A. W. wrought this Aged thirteen 1739." Below this "One did commend me to a Wife both Fair and Young, That had French, Spanish and Italian tongue. I thanked him kindly and told him I loved none such, For I thought one tongue for A Wife too much. What love ye not the Learned? Yes as my Life, A Learned Schollar but not a Learned Wife." Orignally edged with green silk ribbon.
ProvenanceBequest of Dr. W. W. Morland to MFA, 1877