<img width="640" height="640" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-700x700.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image feature: 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. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-700x700.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-150x150.jpg 150w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-300x300.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-640x640.jpg 640w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-170x170.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="29193" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/04/08/massachusetts-sampler/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="45904_80df1fd35adea824_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/45904_80df1fd35adea824_b-700x700.jpg" />Sally Follansbee’s 1787 sampler is part of a group of samplers from the towns of Newbury and Newburyport, Massachusetts. These works can be identified by a number of motifs that were reused and modified from the 1750s through the early 1800s. The stylized floral band on Sally’s piece appears on samplers by several Newbury and...
