Fine Needlework Sampler, Marcia A. Harlow, Plymouth, Massachusetts, dated 1822

Worked in silk and paint on linen, signed, wrought by Marcia A. Harlow, Aged 10 1822. Height 17 1/2  in. by width 12 1/4  in.

Mary Davidson, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 14, fig. 21)

Overall condition very good; a few "dropped" stitches; new frame.
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Marcia Ann Harlow was the daughter of John Harlow and Elizabeth Harlow. She married Asaph Gray of Brewster on September 28, 1839. Marcia's older sister, Betsey Torrey Harlow, worked a related sampler in 1818 now at the Middleborough Historical Association , Inc., Middleborough, Massachusetts.

Marcia was one of seven children born to John Harlow and his second wife Elizabeth Harlow, a cousin. (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).