- Maker
- Taft, Mary (age 12)
- Date made
- 1816
- Origin
- West Bloomfield, NY US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: upper and lower case and script, each with 26 letters. Birds and flowers motifs. Wide and narrow saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Mary Tafts Sampler / AE 12 years July 28 18__? / West Bloomfield (Note; *reproduction needlework chart available at www.ochs.org)
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1973.016
- Owner
- Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, NY
- Owner Private
- Ontario County Historical Society