- Maker
- Vickery, Eliza (age 12)
- Date made
- 1796
- Origin
- Providence, RI US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Counted Satin, French Knots, Outline, Queen, Rococo, Tent, Chain, Stem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into three bands. Band one contains a church? with a long pathway surrounded by trees, white and black sheep, many birds. Panel two has a large two story house in the center with a fenced yard and two trees on both sides with a bird perched on top. The bottom panel has a female figure on the L and a male figure on the R, both in colonial garb. Birds and flowers complete the scene. An arcaded acorn border surrounds the scene on three sides. A second border on each side of flowers, a tree with a large bird perched on top, a shepherd, another flower meets a cross band of four large flowers with a basket of flowers in the center. An outer arcaded geometric border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (Near the center): Virtue out shines the stars outlives / the tomb climb up to Heaven and / finds a peac-ful home / (Near the bottom): Let virtue be a Guide to thee Eliza / (In a cartouche at the bottom): Eliza / Vickery, / Work / 1796 //
- Length Without Frame
- *20"
- Width Without Frame
- *20"
- Historical Owner
- #149.21 Donated to the Old Colony Historical Society in 1949
- Owner
- Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA
