- Maker
- Cheeney, Sarah A. (age 11)
- Date made
- 1846
- Origin
- Eastport, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Holbein (four-sided), Chevron.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #515. 1793. Page 319.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk & wool
- Predominent Motif
- A rose arbor done in Berlin work surrounds the family register and verse. The names of the parents, birth places and birth years are followed by all their children under the heading "Progeny". A bouquet of flowers stands in front of a shaded fence. At the sides of the fence trees rise up from the solid worked ground. Large flower border arches up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- A GENEALOGY / George Cheeney Born in Derry N.H. Feb 29.th 1807 / Mary A. Cheeney Born in Salem, MassJan 8.th 1818 / Married in Dennysville July 28th 1834 / PROGENY / (note: Sarah A. added the birth of the last child in 1849, three years after she completed the sampler) Sarah Anne Cheeney Born in Pembroke Me Apr 27th 1835 / Emma Sophia Cheeney Born in Pembroke Me Nov 14th 1836 / George Alvin Cheeney Born in Robbinston Me Jan 12th / James William Cheeney Born in Eastport Me Apr 12th 1843 / Lemuel G. Cheeney Born in Eastport Me Mey / 12th 1849 / Wrought by Sarah A. Cheeney January 8, 1846 / Aged 11 years. / / Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand / As the first efforts of a youthful hand / And while her fingers shall over this canvas move / Engage her tender heart to seek thy love
- Length Without Frame
- 24"
- Length With Frame
- 27 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 20"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23 5/8"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- PUrchased
- Owner
- Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli
