- Maker
- Hussey, Abigail (age 13 & 20)
- Date made
- 1833
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Hussey family record. At center bottom a pot with a vine reaching up to the top of the sampler. Each branch has a family member name and birth date. Motifs of flowers, flying angels, plants, potted flowers with perching birds, various designs. Reversing arcaded honey suckle border all four sides with a single flower in each corner.
- Inscription
- (In small rectangles across the top): Nabby Hussey Died / Mary. 28. 1810 To The Memory of Mrs Sally / Hussey Who Died Andrew Hussey / Died. Feb. 16. 1824 / (Note: births listed reads from the bottom L across to the R and down to the bottom last entry). (On L side up): Nabby Born Nove / mber 22 , 18(0)6 Will H. Born April / 30 . 1809 / Abby Born Novemb / er . 16 . 1813 / George C Born / October . 18 1816 (On R side down): Mary D Born / July . 3. 1818 / Andrew Born / October, 3, 1821 / Shubael S Born / (1827) / This Marked in / 1826 & 1833 (Note: sampler maker did not finish this sampler until seven years after her mother's death in 1831) / Across the bottom): Peter Hussey born / April, 24. 1776 Sally Drew Born / June , 8 1783 / Just Above): Married December 22 18(0)5 //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.0102.001
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Owner Private
- Nantucket Historical Association
