Sampler

From Mattatuck Museum

Unknown Maker (created by)
Mattatuck Historical Society (owned by)

1770 (Date manufactured/created)

Silk embroidery floss

linen ground, sampler

19 1/4 in. H X 17 3/4 in. W Measurement Notes: Dimensions Extent: framed
Framed?: Yes

Alphabet and pictorial-type sampler worked in many colors of embroidery floss using cross-stitch. A white house with 2 large trees either side embroidered top center, and below are rows, alphabets, numbers, and the verse "God loves the child whose words are mild; Remember now thy creator in the day of thy youth", and the town name "Woodbury". Bottom is small embroidered basket of fruit with a strawberry vine motif branching out to either side.

Museum Purchase, The Acquisition Fund, 1982

Accession/ID Number 82.5.2