- Maker
- Foster, Hannah (age 12)
- Date made
- ca. 1796
- Origin
- Canterbury, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Tent, Satin, Bullion, Algerian eye
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: uppercase block: missing J, q not Q plus ampersand. Numbers 1-11. All done in central saw tooth cartouche. Strawberry and other cross bands in upper third. Basket of flowers at bottom with two tall cedar(?) trees on each side. The paired leaves at the center are a hallmark for Canterbury samplers. Elaborate embroidered border with birds, flowers, trees on both sides. Hem stitched all four sides.
- Inscription
- Hannah Foster her sampler wrought / In the twelfth year of her age A.D. 179? //
- Length Without Frame
- 15.6
- Width Without Frame
- 15.25
- Historical Owner
- #1940.2 Gift of Georgianna J. Rolfe
- Owner
- New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH
- Owner Private
- New Hampshire Historical Society
