Name/Title

Sampler, embroidery

About this object

Embroidery sampler; made by Martha McDowell in 1858. The sampler includes several alphabets, numbers and the phrase: "Love still shall hold an endless reign / in earth and heav'n above. / When tongues shall cease & prophets fail / and ev'ry gift but love / Martha / McDowells / Sampler 1858". Beneath the text is an embroidered image of a cottage with two chimneys, and a flowering tree with two birds.

Martha McDowell was born in 1840, in Ireland where she completed this sampler in 1858. Three years later she married Glasgow Logan (b. 1839). That same year they had a daughter, Martha Ann, and in 1870 all three travelled to New Zealand where they settled on land in Owaka which Glasgow had purchased in 1863. Martha died in 1924 at the age of 84.

Maker

Logan, Martha (Mrs, nee McDowell)

Maker Role

Maker

Date Made

1858

Place Made

Europe, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Antrim

Place Notes

Ballylesson, near Glynn, County Antrim, Ireland.

Medium and Materials

processed material, textile
processed material, glass
organic, vegetal, wood

Inscription and Marks

Embroidered: "Love still shall hold an endless reign / in earth and heav'n above. / When tongues shall cease & prophets / fail / and ev'ry gift but love / Martha / McDowells / Sampler 1858".

Technique

embroidered

Technique

framed

Measurements

h 540 x l 554 x w 21 mm
Medium

Subject and Association Keywords

technology, handicrafts, homecrafts

Subject and Association Keywords

the family. marriage. women, women. feminism

Subject and Association Keywords

manners and customs, customs relative to private life

Credit Line

From the collection of Owaka Museum Wahi Kahuika, The Meeting Place "a rest on your journey".

Object Type

artwork

Object number

2010.899

Rights

All rights reserved