Harriett Salt was an excellent stitcher. You can tell by her piece that she loved to stitch border bands. As soon as she was done with the required alphabets and Bible motif, she filled the rest of her fabric was as many borders as she could stitch. Harriett's sampler would have been a great resource for any of the other girls living in the North Wing section or for older girls if they wanted to copy any of her borders. There are several samplers shown on this website who were stitching at the same time Harriett was working her redwork piece. They all lived in the same North Wing for older girls. Harriett did not leave the orphanage until 1868 so her sampler could have been a resource for many stitchers.

The original sampler is in a private collection. All images and information have been shared on this website with permission of the owner.