- Maker
- Blodget, Lydia
- Date made
- 1803
- Origin
- Lexington, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Algerian Eye, Lon & Short, Cat, French knot.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: one ampersand, cursive missing U. Numbers 1-6 and 1-2 (age)?. Small cross bands. At bottom a two story house with stylized trees with birds. People and small motifs. All done in an inner scroll variation cartouche. Outer arcaded flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- The fairest flowers will soon decay / Their fragrance lose and splendid hue / So Youth and Beauty fade away / And Vanish like the morning dew / / Lydia Blodget's Sampler Wrought Lexington October 1803
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/5"
- Length With Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/5"
- Wdith With Frame
- 17 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #4801
- Owner
- Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA
- Owner Private
- Lexington Historical Society
