The sampler has an undulating flower border and seven different alphabets separated by decoratively stitched bands with crowns, floral motifs and flame or Irish stitch fill in rows after the alphabets and the verse (from Alexander Pope’s "An Essay on Man") which reads:
Reason’s whole pleasure, all the Joys of sense
Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.

The signature line reads:
Amacettee Younger was born Aug. 30th 1811
Work’d her Sampler In her 14th year

Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, in 1811, Amacettee Younger (1811-1826) was the daughter of John W. Younger (1773-1858) and Mary Agatha Dearing (1777-1855). Amacettee completed her sampler in 1825 at the age of 14 years old, only one year before her death in November 1826. At the time she worked her sampler, there were several schools for young girls in Shelbyville, including the Shelbyville Academy, established in 1798, and Science Hill Female Academy, which began in 1825.