- Maker
- Fowler, Emily
- Date made
- 1842
- Origin
- Unknown
- Stitches
- Cross stitch, Long and Short
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Adam & Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge with the serpent wrapped around the trunk. Mirror image sampler (both L and R sides are identical) with trees, parrots, floral baskets, serpents, small animals, angels, crowns, ships. Inner diamond border and reversing arcaded outer strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At center top): Blest With the Joys of Innocence / Adam, Our Father, Stood, / Till he debas'd his soul to sense, / And ate forbidden food / (In a small cartouche near the bottom): Emily / Fowler / 18 42 //
- Length Without Frame
- 15 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Owner
- NSCDA Martin House Farm, N. Swansea, MA
- Owner Private
- NSCDA-Martin House Farm
