Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved which seems maybe like well

which seems maybe like well worn velvet

The Smithsonian Museum of Art (among many other institutions including the American Folk Art Museum) has a terrific collection of his work

from whatever materials they had at hand--but my guess is that this small lidded box is an example

with the white painted bridge at left representing a path between here and there

Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame antique hand-carved which seems maybe like wellThere is information taped to the back of this frame attributing this sampler to "Grandma" (Bonere it looks to me, but a bit hard to read) and dating it to 1818, when she was 8 years old. It is in such pristine condition it looks as if it might have been done yesterday, but the absence of the J and U, the fraktur style lettering of the first half (through to the M, then changing style with the N) and the round hand of the second half all seem right to