- Maker
- Hodges, Polly (Age 11)
- Date made
- ca. 1795
- Origin
- Hanover, NJ US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Handkerchief sampler: Lettering is worked on all four edges. Sampler is unfinished.
- Inscription
- POLLLY . HODGES . WAS / BORN. IN. THE. / YEAR. 1784. AUGUST. THE 13. IN. / THE. JER. SEY. STATE. MORIS. / COUNTY. HANNOVAH. TOWN.
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #57.122.48 Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper.
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
