Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1964.025.05
- Creator:
- Austin, Mary Esther (1815-1901)
- Place of Origin:
- Canterbury, NH
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Sampler. Made by Mary Esther Austin (1815-1901), Canterbury, NH; c. 1830. Unfinished; worked with tan, sage green, and dark blue cotton threads on a plain-woven linen with three alphabets: first, large block capitals in Algerian eye and satin stitches worked in squares; second, large script letters in cross stitch; third, small block capitals in cross stitch. Below this section is the inscription: "MARY ESTHER AUSTIN." The lower half of the sampler is blank. The edges are hem stitched, although the top edge is the selvage.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-15.25 W-12.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary Esther (Austin) Fernald was the grandmother of the donor, Ruth F. Holst (1887-1979). From the estate of Mary F. Willis, sister of donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth Fernald Holst
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