- Maker
- Stokes, Caroline (age 8)
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- Westtown, PA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes.......... Page 227. Verse #762. 1820. Page 350.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Symmetrically arranged floral sprays, initials, birds and trees. Centered at bottom edge is a Georgian house, picket fence and trees, bordered on three sides by an arcaded floral vine. The "extract" and designs are typical of a Westtown school sampler. A silk ribbon in light pink is stitched on the top and sides.
- Inscription
- Extract / / By love directed and in mercy meant / Are trials suffer'd and afflictions sent / To wean from earth and bid our wishes soar / To that blest clime where pain shall be no more / (In a floral catouch above the house at the bottom): Caroline Stokes / Work done by her / In the eight year of / her age// (Scattered over the surface of sampler are the following initials: JS RS SS AB SR ER RR RM EM FS SS WT AM //
- Length Without Frame
- 23 1/4"
- Length With Frame
- 28"
- Width Without Frame
- 22 1/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 26 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- Donated by Mrs. Harrold E. Gillingham
- Owner
- NSCDA Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- NSCDA PA
- Name of School
- West Town School (?) PA