- Maker
- Bushnell, Elizabeth (age 9)
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- Old Saybrook, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: one with J. Numbers 1-15. Various cross bands. Lower third filled with heart, birds, diamonds, dogs and flower motifs. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Let virtue be your first pursuit / Elizabeth Bushnell's Sampler marked / at School in the first Society of Say / brook Her age 9 years. July 29 1808 / Remember thy Creator in thy youthful days //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Length With Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 19 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- Gift of Leonard P. Simoni
- Owner
- Old Saybrook Historical Society, Old Saybrook, CT
- Owner Private
- Old Saybrook Historical Society
