- Maker
- Joyce, Sophia (age 11)
- Date made
- 1814
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk & cotton.
- Predominent Motif
- 3 block alphabets: two with double letters. Q not q, long style S. U and V transposed. Numbers 1-17 and 1-15. All rows separated by narrow cross bands. Wide reversing arcaded strawberry cross band across the bottom. Single cross stitch border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Sophia Joyce's Sampler Finish'd August the 30th 1814 / In the 11th Year of her Age //
- Length Without Frame
- 11 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE T7893 Gift of Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution