- Maker
- Smallbone, Charlotte (age 10)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- UK
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross, Stem, Tent.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into four panels with motifs of trees, squirrels, baskets of flowers, butterflies, a large four story building with a large tree on each side, three female figures and three male, and in the bottom panel two young girls. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the center beneath a swag): Next unto GOD dear parents I address / Myself to you in humble thankfulness / For all your care & charge on me bestow'd / Go on I pray and let me full pursue / Those golden arts the vulgar never knew / (At the bottom): Charlotte Smallbone Finished this / Work in the 10th Year of her / Age 1799 //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 5/16"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Historical Owner
- #1941-69-38 Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY, NY
- Owner Private
- Cooper Hewitt Museum
