- Maker
- Culver, Elizabeth (age 12)
- Date made
- 1797
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Chain, Straight, Queen.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Family register. Diamond motifs down the R side. At center bottom a large house with two chimneys, a geometric tree on each side and flowers and grass.
- Inscription
- SAMUEL CULVER AND / ELIZA BUCKMASTER / WAS MARRIED NOVEMBER THE 3 / AD 1774 / / ABIAH CULVER WAS BORN MAY THE / 26 AD 1774 * JERUSHA CULVER WAS / BORN FEBRUARY 21 1778 GEORGE / CULVER WAS BORN APRIL THE 13 / AD 1780 * ELIZA CULVER WAS BORN / APRIL THE 13 1782 DIED SEPTEMBER / THE 19 1783 * ELIZA THE 2 WAS / BORN OCTOBER THE 14 1786 SAMUE L / CULVER WAS BORN JUNE THE 8 / AD 1789 ANNE CULVER WAS BORN / JANUARY THE 5 AD 1792 WILLIAM / CULVER WAS BORN NOVEMBER THE / 20 AD 1793 DIED NOVEMBER THE / 24 AD 1796 WILLIAM THE 2 WAS / BORN FEBRUARY THE 16 AD 1796 / AWAKE REPENTANCE FAITH & LOVE / AWAKE O EVERY GRACE / TO MEET YOUR LORD WITH ONE ACCORD / IN HIS MOST HOLY PLACE / -----------------O COME MY LORD THE TIME DRAWS NIGH / THAT I AM TO RECEIVE / STAND WITH MY ?.................? BY / PERSUADE ME TO BELIEVE / ELIZABETH CULVER HER SAMPLER / MADE IN THE TWELFTH YEAR / OF HER AGE AD 1797 /
- Length Without Frame
- 15 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 10 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #64.1.2 Purchased 1951
- Owner
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
- Owner Private
- Old Sturbridge Village
