Name/Title
SamplerEntry/Object ID
83.130Description
Sampler contains an outer border of a single row of blue stitches. Sampler has two alphabets, upper and lower case letters. Five rows of letters.
Row 1: "A-M" sewn in #6 Susan Earl capital letters.
Row 2: "N-Y" sewn in #6 Susan Earl capital letters.
Row 3: "Z" and numbers 1-12
Row 4: "a-q" sewn in #7 Susan Earl, lower case letters.
Row 5: "r-z" sewn in #7 Susan Earl, lower case, crown at the end of the row
Below the last row in the center is a peacock with small flowers, birds,flur de leis,beneath the peacock is a basket with flowers on top of a square box containing the following inscription:
Caroline Bailey
October 11, 1824
On either side of the square are stylized flowers and trees. Colors used in the sampler are blue, rose, light brown, light yellow and are very faded.Dimensions
Width
9-1/2 inLength
12-11/16 inProvenance
Notes
Caroline Bailey October 11, 1824
Loaned by M.H. Freas