- Maker
- Macomber, Betsy
- Date made
- 1784
- Origin
- US or UK
- Stitches
- Cross, Tent, Stem, Surface Satin, Plait, Feather or Spanish, Split, Outline, Buttonhole, Straight, Chain.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script has J, ends at Q, uppercase block also has a J, no U, some double letters, lowercase missing the J, has both the long and short style S and an ampersand. The sampler also has 3 scene panels (1) a man and woman in courtly style dress in the center with flower motifs and a bird. (2): Saint Paul's Cathedral in London in the center with two females (one holds a parasol) and a tree on the L and a man and woman (she holds a parasol) on the R and a tree. Birds fly in the sky. (3) is a panel of floral motifs on a green lawn, a lion on the R and another animal near the L. A vine and leaf border across the bottom and up both sides.
- Inscription
- (After panel #1): Betsy Macombers / Sampler wrought by her Jan. the. 6: 1784 / (After panel #2): Saint Pauls Church this Cathedral / was first built by S Egbert a saxon king A.D. 610 / (After panel #3): Eve thus, Adam freely ast, he reply'd not to eat against his / better judgement, not deceive but fondly overcome with female / charm.... but past who can recall or don undo!... / Not God Omnipotent, nor Fate! Milton // (Note: Betsy's history may not be correct, nor her quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost !) //
- Length Without Frame
- *15"
- Width Without Frame
- *12"
- Historical Owner
- #1955.63 Donated to the Old Colony Historical Society in 1955
- Owner
- Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA
- Owner Private
- Old Colony Historical Society
