Louisa Mansfield's Sampler

Silk, Linen

W-13 L-10.75 inches

Style: Alphabet band and floral Design
Medium: Silk on linen
Type of Stitches: Cross, satin, long, and short

Verse: In my Path through this veil of tears
Let wisdom measure out my years
May my example useful be
And benefit posterity. If good we plant
Not vice will fill the mind
For weeds despoil the ground
For flowers designed. 1235679

Inscription: Louisa Mansfield AE 10 yr 1824

Border: Hemstitched, Floral border on three sides only