- Maker
- Alden, Betsey
- Date made
- 1826
- Origin
- Cornish, NH US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- Alphabets and numbers. Cross bands. House, barn, trees and animals across bottom. Border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Cornish, June 16th, 1826, Betsy Alden sampler. / Happy the Maid Whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide.
- Length Without Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 19 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.4 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art