LUCY * LEFFINGWELL * / LORD * SALISBURY * (note: her full name). IN * THE * ELEVENTH * / YEAR * OF * HER * AGE * / 1818 * GC (teacher perhaps?) / See #3266 for another sampler done by turning the cloth over and using the other end for another stitcher)

Maker

Salisbury, Lucy Lord Salisbury (age 11)

Date made

1818

Origin

Unknown

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: uppercase complete, q not Q. Numbers 1-10. Simple stitched lines. *A second stitcher used this sampler.....see #3266.

Inscription

LUCY * LEFFINGWELL * / LORD * SALISBURY * (note: her full name). IN * THE * ELEVENTH * / YEAR * OF * HER * AGE * / 1818 * GC (teacher perhaps?) / See #3266 for another sampler done by turning the cloth over and using the other end for another stitcher)

Length Without Frame

8 1/2"

Width Without Frame

5 1/4"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#89.324.1 Gift of Mrs. Nelson Thompson

Owner

Rochester Historical Society, Rochester, NY

Owner Private

Rochester Historical Society