Thou shalt have no other God but me / Unto no idol bend thy knee / Take not the name of God in vain / Do not the sabbath day profane / Honor thy Father and Mother too / And see that thou no murder do / Abstain from words and deeds unclean / Nor steal tho thou are poor and mean / Nor make a willfull lie nor love it / What is thy neighbour's dare not covet. / Anna P. Thompson Wrought this Sampler Dec 4th 1823 Aged 9 years. //

Maker

Thompson, Anna P. (age 9)

Date made

1823

Origin

Litchfield, CT US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No Ten Commandments

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

3 alphabets: upper and lowercase block: 26 letters, uppercase script missing J. Numbers 1-20. At bottom of sampler a brick house with two chimneys and a tree on each side. Two baskets of flowers on either side of verse. Various stitched lines. No border.

Inscription

Thou shalt have no other God but me / Unto no idol bend thy knee / Take not the name of God in vain / Do not the sabbath day profane / Honor thy Father and Mother too / And see that thou no murder do / Abstain from words and deeds unclean / Nor steal tho thou are poor and mean / Nor make a willfull lie nor love it / What is thy neighbour's dare not covet. / Anna P. Thompson Wrought this Sampler Dec 4th 1823 Aged 9 years. //

Length With Frame

18"

Wdith With Frame

15 1/2"

Original Frame

No

Historical Owner

#1929-01-3

Owner

Litchfield Historical Society, Litchfield, CT

Owner Private

Litchfield Historical Society