- Maker
- Bunnell, Nancy W. (age 10)
- Date made
- 1830
- Origin
- Salem Bridge, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: uppercase script missing the J. Lower case has both the long and the short style S. Numbers 1-14. Simple stitched lines and narrow cross bands. Heart m and flower motifs. Narrow border all four sides.
- Inscription
- The youth with greatest talent born / Is rough while unrefin'd; / Learning will every soul adorn, / And polish every mind / The loss of a father is much / The loss of a mother is more / The loss of a saviour is such / There's no one on earth can restore / survive the tomb / Nancy W. Bunnell's sampler / wrought in the 10th year of her / age June 24th AD 1830 Salem Bridge Connecticut N . W . B / Let us suppose the virtuous mind a rose. / Which nature plants and education blows, / Let virtue prove your never failing bloom, / For mental virtues will / survive the tomb //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 16.625"
- Historical Owner
- #11381-2
- Owner
- Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
- Owner Private
- Nebraska State Historical Society