- Maker
- Warner, Polly (age 11)
- Date made
- 1826
- Origin
- Lancaster, MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Stem, Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 237
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets. Numbers 1-13. Simple stitched lines. All done in a saw tooth cartouche with a curved bottom edge. A scene of a lawn where a woman stands beneath a tree. A large container with flowers in the center with another tree on the far R. A rose border all four sides with a center spray at the top and a blue bow at center bottom.
- Inscription
- Ye sprightly fair whose gentle mins incline / To all that is curious innocent and fine / With admiration in your works are read / The various texture of the twining thread / / / Polly Warner's Sampler Wrought / In the 11th year of her age / / 1826 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 21"
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 237
- Owner
- Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, MA
- Owner Private
- Thayer Memorial Library
