- Maker
- Cone, Caroline (age 9)
- Date made
- 1831
- Origin
- Winchester, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: one ampersand. Numbers 1-(1)0. Strawberry cross bands and simple stitched lines. Two story house at the bottom with a smaller attached addition on R and a tree on L, a large vase with flowers and a diamond motif. Reversing arcaded rose border across top and down both sides.
- Inscription
- (On L): Time once / past never / returns it is / gone forever / / (In center): Caroline Cone s Sampler Aged 9 Years / Winchester, August 9, 1831 / There is beyond the sky / A heaven of joy and love / And holy children when they die / Go to that world abve. / (On R): Proper improve / ment of time / is an import / ant duty //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 16"
- Original Frame
- No
- Owner
- Winchester Historical Society, Winsted, CT
- Owner Private
- Winchester Historical Society