- Maker
- Hildreth, Eliza Cordelia (age 10)
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- Concord, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: 26 letters. At the bottom a green lawn flanked by trees. Surrounded on three sides by a compound border, typical of Concord samplers, consisting of a double saw tooth border, a large meander with rose sprays, a smaller meander and a single saw tooth border.
- Inscription
- How pleasant is yon oaks brown shade / The spreading b each the adjacent glade / The crystal streams that smoothly glide / The warbling thrush at even tide. / (In a cartouche at bottom center): Eliza Cordelia / Hildreth Wrought / this Aged 10 / Concord August / A D 1818 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #2001.014 Gift of Anne & Peter Brooke 2001
- Owner
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
