- Maker
- Atkinson, Margaret Eleanor
- Date made
- 1840
- Origin
- Mid-Atlantic states US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A large three story house and a HUGE fruit tree dominate the lower half of this sampler. Above are duplicate geese and strawberry filled basket motifs. Strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- I sigh not for beauty / Nor lanquish for wealth / But grant me kinde providence / Virtue and health / Then more rich than kings / And more happy than they / My days shall pass swiftly / And sweatly away / Mararet Eleanor / Atkinson May 6th / 1840
- Length Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 21 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 14"
- Wdith With Frame
- 17"
- Original Frame
- No
- Owner
- Sally Tyndall
- Owner Private
- Mrs. David R. Tyndall