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Bands of alphabets and numerals with geometric cross borders, and an inscription. In the lower half, baskets of flowering vines and birds fill the field. With a black and white diamond border.

Details

  • Title: Sampler
  • Creator: Sarah C. Neal, American
  • Date Created: 1826
  • Physical Dimensions: w460 x h470 cm
  • Type: Sampler
  • Rights: Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
  • Medium: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, and stem stitches on plain weave foundation
  • Provenance: By 1941, Mrs. Henry E. Coe (Eva Johnston Coe)1941, Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union
  • Inscribed: Sarah C. Neal aged 18 Newmarket
  • Dimensions: H x W: 47 x 46 cm (18 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
  • Bibliography: Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe, American Samplers (Boston: The Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921) 200.

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