- Maker
- King, Mary Ann (?)
- Date made
- ca. 1835 (?)
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A central large vase of flowers surrounded with motifs of dogs, trees, small baskets of flowers, coronets, angels, butterflies, birds, stags, squirrels, hears, Reversing arcaded honeysuckle border all four sides. (Note): see sampler #4815 for a nearly identical sampler. Did this stitcher copy this sampler? Was it done by her teacher? Or did she do it again at a later age when her stitching was much improved. We will never know.
- Inscription
- No inscription
- Length Without Frame
- 16 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #2003.418 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Berger in memory of Susan Jeannettte Westfall
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
