- Maker
- Tufts, Caroline (age 14)
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- Cambridge, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem, Outline.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: lowercase with J others without. Numbers 1-7. At top, two garlands of flowers, roses, bluebells & daisies meet in the center. Below this, an arch outlined in saw tooth and a grapevine border. The bottom half of the sampler contains two columns, each flanked by unusual triangle shaped vertical borders. At the bottom a border of tall triangles fills the space between the stepped column bases. Saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Family.........................Record / Names Births Married Deaths / John Tufts Bn Jul 19, 1776 Nov 5. 1798 Died Aug 16. 1817 / Rebecah Cutler Bn Dec..............23..1779 / Rebecah C. Tufts Bn May.......2 1799 / James C Tufts Bn Nov.....24. 1800 / Eliza Tufts Bn Aug......19, 1802 / Almira Tufts Bn March..27.1804 / Caroline Tufts Bn Feb.....15.1806 Died March 2. 1808 / John Tufts Bn Feb.....3. 1808 / Caroline Tufts Bn March..13.1810 / Harris Tufts Bn June.....4. 1812 / Wrought by Caroline Tufts ae 14 1824 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16"
- Length With Frame
- 20 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 20 1/8"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Purchased.
- Owner
- Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli
