Sampler

Margaret Cassedy

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a framed sampler titled "Sampler by Margaret Cassedy". The sampler has a gold frame with a leaf pattern around the edge. The background of the sampler is beige with a blue border. Inside the border, a poem is stitched in black text: "The source of happiness Seasons whole pleasure, all the Joys of sense Lie in three words, health, peace and competence: But health consists with temperance alone: And peace, O virtue; peace is all th..." The poem is surrounded by a floral pattern with green leaves and vines, and flowers in shades of pink, yellow, and blue. Below the poem, a red brick house with a green door and white windows is stitched, with a green hill in front of it featuring several sheep and trees. A few birds are scattered throughout the design. At the bottom of the sampler, black text reads "Margaret A Cassedy West Washington Oct 1828".