- Maker
- Lincoln, Polly (age 16)
- Date made
- 1809
- Origin
- Cohasset, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Pulled, Satin, Outline, Tent.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: uppercase script and lowercase both missing the J. Numbers 1-(1)0. 5 small cross bands. At the bottom a basket of fruit or flowers in the center with matching trees and flower stems on both L and R. A vine meanders through the trees and flowers meet in the center above the basket. Wave border all four sides.
- Inscription
- The maid with greatest talents born / Is rough while unrefin'd / Learning will polish evry mind / And evry Soul adorn / / Polly Lincolns Sampler Wrought in the 16th yr (Above ) of her age
- Length Without Frame
- 12 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1982.010.003 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tolman
- Owner
- Cohasset Historical Society, Cohasset, MA
- Owner Private
- Cohasset Historical Society
