- Maker
- Goodrich, Juliana H.
- Date made
- 1827
- Origin
- Farmington, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: each complete, 4 with ampersand. Numbers 1-12. Various stitched lines. One wide cross band with the moon, the sun and stars at the center. Motifs of a basket of flowers, a female and male, a tree, a butterfly, birds, animals, a female figure holding a teapot(?). Zig zag border all four sides.
- Inscription
- In female happiness we find / Industry and virtue joined / This early specimen in rhyme / Shows that my hands to work incline / My heart to goodness may it tend / Relieve the poor console the friend / And safe arrive in Heaven / Miss Harriet M Reed Granby / Preceptress / May I my teachers alwars love / And by their precepts much improve / Juliana H Goodrich Sampler Aged 12 / Farmington August 29 1827 //
- Historical Owner
- #2017.12
- Owner
- Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington, CT
- Owner Private
- Stanley-Whitman House
