- Maker
- Barnholt, Margaret (age 12)
- Date made
- 1831
- Origin
- PA, US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 125
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Church at bottom with a tree on either side and angels in the sky. Lawn, fence, shed, animals, men. Adam & Eve scene. Bird of paradise. Tombstone with weeping willow, man, woman and children under trees with birds on top. Flowers, birds. Reversing arcaded rose border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- (On L): Margaret Barnholt her / sampler done in the / twelth year of her / age 1831 (On R): Mother dear weep not for me / when in that yard my grave you see / my time was short and blest was he / that called me to eternity... (On tombstone): R W / E B
- Length Without Frame
- 26 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 22 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1941-69-153 Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 125
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Cooper Hewitt Museum
