- Maker
- Pollard, Sarrah Ann
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- Salem, Essex Cnty, MA US
- Stitches
- Bullion, Cross (over one and two threads), French knot, Outline, Stem, Satin (long and short), Straight stitches worked in a lattice pattern
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A centered basket of fruit flanked by four birds under an arched vine of flowers. Flanking the arch are vases of flowers. A saw tooth cross band. The center section of the sampler consists of a large basket with a flower motif flanked by two dogs. This is set within a square with a sawtooth border. Flanking the square are floral motifs, some with "pinwheel" flowers. (Note): Worked by Sarrah [sic] Ann Pollard (ca. 1809-1839), an African American child, at the school of Clarrisa Lawrence, in Salem, Massachusetts. This sampler is extremely rare.
- Inscription
- Sarrah [sic] Ann Pollard He [r] / Work Done At Year 1818 / Clarrisa Lawrence School / Virtue the the [sic] chief beauty of the ornament mind the nob / lest virtue of the female kind beauty without virtu is [no valu] //
- Length Without Frame
- 21"
- Length With Frame
- 24 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 20 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #2011-103 Museum purchase
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
