- Maker
- Smith, Lucy
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- Sterling, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 224
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: first one is complete with some double letters, q not Q, ends with ampersand. Second has no J, both the long and the short style s, ends with Y. Third missing J, end with U. Various stitched lines. Large band of strawberry plants on a saw tooth lawn across bottom third of sampler. Double saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Lucy Smith Sterling Sept 20th 1806
- Length Without Frame
- 11 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 11 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 224
- Owner
- Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, MA
