Sampler

Name/Title

Sampler

Entry/Object ID

2022.64.1

Description

Large sampler on undyed linen. The sampler has an strawberry and flower border stitched in pink and green. In the center is a floral band; an uppercase marking alphabet; a lowercase marking alphabet; an uppercase decorative alphabet; the poem, "Pretty maid you soon will find those happy years you left behind, to grief and sorrow you are born and every rose conceals a thorn"; a line of random letters and numbers; the label "Charlestown"; a decorative band of trees, hearts, plants, and sheep.

Context

Made in Charleston, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

2022.64

Source or Donor

Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Date made

1801

Place

Town

Charleston

County

Orleans County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Sampler

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Embroidery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

16 in

Length

21 in

Material

Linen

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Charleston

County

Orleans County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America