HANNAH HEATH VANDEWATER 1832

A New England sampler

This is an American band sampler executed in cross and eyelet stitches with silk thread on homespun linen, consisting of alphabets and numerals, two houses with three trees between them, and below that a wider section with five more stylized trees, above the inscription.  She was eleven years old when she completed her sampler.  Apart from fading, the sampler is in very good condition.  The frame is probably 20th century.  The sampler itself measures 8″ x 17-1/2″, with the frame 9-1/2″ x 19″.