Mary E. Monroe's Sampler

Silk, linen

H-25 L-20.12 inches

Style: Sampler, Family Register
Medium: Silk on linen
Type of Stitches: Satin, long and short, cross, French knots, bullion, lazy daisy, stem

Verse: Births and deaths of family members

Inscription: Family Record Mary E Monroe

Border: A scroll-like border of cross stitch with vines of flowers on three sides. Weeping willows on each side and two columns with urns at the top, encasing the family record of names and dates.

Note that the deaths of family members are stitched in a darker colored thread.

Mary Monroe (Butters) was the mother of Carlisle's first town librarian, Mary Butters Green.