- Maker
- Almy, Harriet (age 10)
- Date made
- 1822
- Origin
- RI (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No #614. 1783. Page 332.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: upper, lower case and script. Script missing U. Numbers 1-10. In center panel is a flying bird above a field of flowers. Below is a panel with a two story house with a tree on each side, one with no leaves and one in bloom and a green lawn with animals on the L. Narrow zig zag border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Observe the ant for she instructs the man, / And Preaches labour gathering all she can / Then brings it to Increase her heap at home / Against the winter which she knows will come / And when that comes she creeps abroad no more / But lies at home and feasts upon her store. / Harriet Almy's Sampler wrought A / pril 18th 1822 in the 10th year of her age. //
- Length Without Frame
- 8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- #1950.99 Bequest of Mrs. Harriet Stillman.
- Owner
- Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Ct
- Owner Private
- Lyman Allyn Art Museum