- Maker
- Gale, Dolly
- Date made
- ca. 1824-1830
- Origin
- Williamstown, VT US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing J and U, lowercase missing j. Numbers 1-9. Simple stitched lines. Large saw tooth border on the sides and a smaller saw tooth border top and bottom. Sampler is interesting in that it was unfinished originally and then another stitcher completed it after 1893 when Dolly passed away.
- Inscription
- Dolly . Gale . / Williamstown, Vt. Born APril. 10. 1814 . / Married. Dec. 1. 1830. Died. Mar. 15. 1893
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 8"
- Owner
- The Bridges
- Owner Private
- Sally Bridges