- Maker
- Wood, Sarah Lawton
- Date made
- 1829
- Origin
- New Bedford, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Faggot,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: fourth ends with T. Vowels: AEIOUY. Numbers 1-(1)0. Various narrow cross bands. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides with an inner and outer double row of cross stitch border.
- Inscription
- When soon or late we reach that coast / Through lifes rough oceans driven / We may repent a wanderer lost / A family in heaven. Sarah L. Wood's Sampler New Bedford Apr 24 th / 1829
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #2005.35.2
- Owner
- New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA
