The sampler has at least five rows of upper and lower case letters and numbers, over a house or church building with peaked roof stitched in the lower right hand corner. There is significant discoloration suggesting it may be glued down. There is a 1" area of ground loss, right center; a 1/4" area of ground loss lower center edge; the top row of alphabet stitches missing, and there are other scattered thread losses with significant fading and some staining. The antique figured, wooden, ogee molded frame has fading, shrinkage and a 1" area of veneer loss on the lower left.
The sampler is signed:
Mary Ann Allen Her Work Worked in the 13th

Mary Ann Allen was born Dec. 13, 1836 in Cloyd's Landing, Cumberland County, Kentucky, the daughter of Sampson Allen (1807-1876) and Margaret Clemons (1808-1874). She married Barton Ellington Philpott, and gave birth to eleven children. She died in 1899.