Sampler

Mary Austin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Framed sampler with a black frame. Tan fabric with darker tan and green pattern. Various stitches demonstrating technique including lines of letters, alphabet, numbers and shapes. Lower half has white fabric with stitched border of green leaves and orange, yellow and white flowers with brown stems and branches. Stitched scene of girl in brown dress standing. Girl standing beside a white sheep and brown dog on green grass with orange, yellow and white flowers. A white and orange butterfly on a branch on left and another on right. A brown cross on white fabric behind girl. The text reads "Mary Austin her Sampler Woven in the 9 year of her age A.D. 1828".