- Maker
- Holberton, Ann
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- Unknown
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into three panels. The top panel has a cornucopia at the center of a flowered spray with a bird in each corner. The middle panel is a mirror image: on both sides a bird, a basket of flowers, and a stag with a large carnation motif in the center. At the bottom a centered two story house set on a large lawn. A large pine tree and two small ones on both sides. A reversing arcaded flower border with a small flower spray in each corner.
- Inscription
- (At the center top): Obedience to Parents / Let children that would fear the Lord / Hear what their teaches say / With rev'rence meet their parents' word / And with delight obey. (At mid center): Ann Hulberton's Sampler / finished in the 9th year / of her age / 1824 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1969.6.2 Gift of Miss Mary Casey
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society
