Embroidered sampler with bands of alphabets and numerals, floral and geometric borders, and an inscription.
At the bottom are two trees, one surrounded by birds, the other with birds flying away from it; the trees are identified as 'The Good Tree' and 'The Evil Tree'.
The verse reads:
Let Virtue be a Guide to Me
When this you see Remember Me

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Sampler (USA), 1787

This is a Sampler. It was embroidered by Sally Follansbe. It is dated 1787 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is silk embroidery on linen foundation and its technique is embroidered in cross, stem, satin, rococo, herringbone, eyelet and roumanian stitches on plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.

Small handmade booklet used by the author for practicing penmanship exercises. Multiple sheets are inscribed with the author's name in cursive script followed by the date 1800. Book cover is made from a sidewall fragment dating to ca. 1790s. The cover design consists of two horizontal registers of running leaves and small floral motifs separated by a band of small, rectangular-shaped forest-green checkerboards. The upper register of leaves is highlighted with white and black flowers. The lower register is composed entirely of small black and white flowers on vines.

Manuscript, Jeremiah Draper's Book, 1800
pen and black ink on laid paper.
Gift of Thomas Strahan Company.
1976-48-61-2

Its dimensions are

H x W: 51 x 44.5cm (20 1/16 x 17 1/2in.)

It is inscribed

Sally Follansbe Was Born September the 9 1773 This Sampler Wrought In The Year 1787

Cite this object as

Sampler (USA), 1787; Embroidered by Sally Follansbe (American, 1773 - 1813); silk embroidery on linen foundation; H x W: 51 x 44.5cm (20 1/16 x 17 1/2in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-74

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D9xp/
Accession Number 1941-69-74
Object ID 18564373