A square sampler embroidered in multicolored (pink, dark rose, gold, golden brown, dark green, light blue, yellow green, blue, rusty brown, medium olive, and bluish green) silk threads on a plain-woven, linen ground with a very open weave and warps and wefts of varying thickness. Border patterns surround the sampler and divide the bands which include several upper case alphabets, a lower case alphabet, and verses regarding wisdom as follows: 1st band: 1/2" upper case alphabet "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ&" with two versions of "M" and "N." 2nd-3rd band: 1/2" double lower case alphabet" aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuv/vwwxxyyzz&&"; “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19," 4th-5th band: 1" upper case alphabet "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP/QRSTUVWXYZ&&" [two diamond shapes] 6th-7th band: 3/4" upper case alphabet in script "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU/VWXYZ" [6 diamond shapes] 8th-14th bands: Homily worked in 1/2" and 3/8" upper and lower case letters: "What is the blooming tincture of the skin To Peace of mind/and harmony within What the bright sParkling of the/finest eye To a soft soothing of a calm rePly [three diamond shapes]/ [1] Wisdom is the PrinciPle thing Therefore get Wisdom and/with all thy getting get Understanding. She shall deliver/unto thine head an ornament of Grace A Crown of glory/shall she Deliver unto the[e]. Baltimore SePtember the 20" [2] 15th band: Date in 1/2" and 3/8" upper and lower case letters: "One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight." [three diamond shapes] 16th band: Signature in 1" and 3/4" upper and lower case letters "Ann Maria. Fowler. 1808." The border, large rose colored letters in the 4th and 5th lines, and the last line of letters including the signature and date are worked in Algerian cross stitch and the rest of the sampler is worked in cross stitch using different arrangements and colors to give a variety of designs. The top and bottom edges of the sampler are selvages. The sides edges are turned under 1/8" and expertly hemmed. [1] Source: Dr. Isaac Watts, "Divine and Moral Songs for Children," "Mind Superior to Body," 1720, cited Averil Colby, Samplers, London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1964, p. 252; also cited in Ethel Stanwood Bolton and Eva Johnston Coe, American Samplers, Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1921, p. 342, verse #693 as being from Nathaniel Low's Almanack, 1804. [2] Source: The Bible, Old Testament, Book of Proverbs, 4th Chapter, Verses 7 and 9.