- Maker
- Hallett, Eliza J. (age 12)
- Date made
- 1781
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: each complete, one with ampersand. Numbers 1-3 and 4-11. Various stitched lines. Across the bottom a large basket of flowers, one large and one small Nantucket tree, a two story red house with two chimneys. Narrow triple cross border all four sides. (Note): Sampler resembles those done at the Sandwich Academy, Sandwich, MA. MM Wells may have been her instructor).
- Inscription
- Eliza J Hallett 1 2 1 8 4 0 / M M Wells //
- Length Without Frame
- 8 5/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 9 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1901.0056.001 Gift of Miss M. E. Macy
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Owner Private
- Nantucket Historical Association
