- Maker
- Peters, Ann Maria (age 10)
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- Frederick, MD US
- Stitches
- Cross, Queen, Whip, Stem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Wool
- Predominent Motif
- 2 story house with a front lawn and 2 poplar trees on each side. A side facing roof with a fence between two chimneys. A smaller building is on the L, perhaps a well house. A carnation cross band at the top with motifs of strawberries, floral sprays and one bird. Strawberry and leaf vine border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Religion Should our thoughts / Engage Amidst our youthful / Bloom twill fit us for declining / age And for the Awful tomb / / (Below the house): Ann Maria Peters Worked / this sampler in the tenth ye / ar of her age 1823 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Purchased
- Owner
- Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli
- Owner Private
- Dan & Marty Campanelli