- Maker
- Stansbury, Elizabeth (age 9)
- Date made
- ca. 1820
- Origin
- Brooklyn, NY US
- Stitches
- Cross, Petite, Straight (Couched), Satin, Stem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: missing the J. 2 cross bands. Large 2 story brick house with 2 chimneys set on a green lawn in the center. A large tree, a dog, a bird and a basket of flowers on both sides on a small lawn. Flower or strawberry variation border with serpentine addition all four sides.
- Inscription
- When youth's soft season shall be o'er / And scenes of Childhood charm no more / My riper years with joy shall see / This proof of Infant Industry. / This sampler was wrought in the Franklin Juvenile Seminary / July the 5(?)th 1829 by Elizabeth Stansbury
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1980.117 Gift to Society
- Owner
- Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, NY
- Owner Private
- Ontario County Historical Society
- Name of School
- Franklin Juvenile Seminary, Brooklyn, NY
