- Maker
- Bolles, Maria (age 11)
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- New London, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross over two, Queen, Herringbone, Rice.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: one with an ampersand.
- Inscription
- TEACH ME TO FEEL ANOTHERS WOE / TO HIDE THE FAUTS(SIC) I SEE / THAT MERCY I TO OTHERS SHEW / THAT MERCY SHEW TO ME. / Maria Bolles her Sampler made in the 11th / Year of her age 1808
- Length Without Frame
- 15 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 5/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1973.104.0 Gift of Frank Smith Richardson in memory of his late wife, Elizabeth
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
