Sarah Sevey’s Needlework Sampler

Needlework Sampler
Sarah Sevey (1756-1848)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1773
Linen, silk
Gift of Miss Ada H. Hersey

Growing up in eighteenth-century New England, Sarah Sevey and Martha Tufts
created marking samplers to demonstrate their education and proficiency in needlework.
They personalized a common biblical verse by stitching their names, towns, and nations on
linen canvas.