- Maker
- Curry, Nancy 1791-1851 (age 15)
- Date made
- 1806
- Origin
- Canterbury, NH US
- Stitches
- Chain, Split, Cross, Outline, Hem, Algerian Eye, Bullion, Satin, Straight.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: uppercase script missing J, V, X,Y and Z. Numbers 1-7. The bottom half is filled with a large basket of flowers at the center, a goat, large and small birds and small flower baskets. Reversing arcaded strawberry border in the upper third of sampler.
- Inscription
- Fair emblem of modesty beautiful flower / That bashfully hid thy sweet head --- / I plucked and have kept the but one little h (our ) / and now all thy beauty is fled. / NANCY CURRY WROUGHT IN THE 15TH YEAR OF HER AGE A. D. 1806 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1963.004 Donated by family of maker
- Owner
- New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH
- Owner Private
- New Hampshire Historical Society