- Maker
- Lalor, Maria
- Date made
- 1793
- Origin
- New York, NY US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: uppercase 26 letters, some double, q not Q, U & V transposed, and an ampersand. Lowercase has long style S, plus an ampersand. Numbers 1-10. Two small dog motifs.
- Inscription
- Maria * Lalor * Her / sampler * New * York / March 3 1793Virtue and Wisdom is / Better than Beauty and / Fortune
- Length Without Frame
- 5 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 6 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1993.100 Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art