Name/Title
SamplerEntry/Object ID
2011.15.1Description
Marking sampler on unbleached linen worked in silk thread in cross and straight stitches by Mary Edgecomb Hooky when she was 11 years old. Three alphabets, two upper case and one lower case, and one set of numbers. Mary inscribed her name in the middle, surrounded by a sawtoothed border:
"Mary E. Hooky AE 11 years
born August 26th 1814"
At the bottom is the verse:
"A virtuous mind con
tentment will find
Saco Sept 1825"Dimensions
Width
11 inLength
12-3/4 inMaterial
silk thread on linen