Sampler (USA), 1804 (CH 18489535)
Summary
In the upper third, a verse flanked by two butterflies, with a stylized floral border below. The verse reads:
My life is a flower. The
time --- to last its
mixt with frost and shook
with ev'ry blast
In the middle third, a scene with a house, a tree, and birds.
In the lower third, a second verse, with urns of flowers on each side. The verse reads:
Virtues the Chiefest
beauty of the mind the noblest ornament of womankind
Virtues our safeguard and our
guiding star that stirs up reason when our ---
With a curving strawberry border with hearts enclosed in upper corners.
Tags
Date
1804
Source
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
Copyright info
Public Domain