- Maker
- Evans, Kitty
- Date made
- 1796
- Origin
- Gloucester County, NJ US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: lowercase has both long and short style S, last alphabet ends with V. Numbers 1-18. Floral sprays around a verse, all done in a stitched rectangle. Floral vines up both sides. Basket of flowers at the top, and a hanging strawberry plant at center bottom with an animal on each side at the bottom and a perching bird on a flower on both sides. Saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Kittiy Evan's Sampler / July 18th 1794 / /Tis finished now the great deciding part / The world's subdu'd and Heav'n has all my heart / Earth's gaudy shows and pomp of courts adieu / Forever now I turn my eyes from you / /
- Length Without Frame
- 15 3/8"
- Length With Frame
- 17 1/3"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #2005.031.002 Bequest of Nancy Hamill Gentry
- Owner
- Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington, DE
- Owner Private
- Delaware Historical Society
