- Maker
- Laurie, Margaret
- Date made
- early 19th century
- Origin
- Scotland
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Stem, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 7 alphabets: all with 26 letters except the last which ends with S. Various wide and narrow cross bands. 15 crowns and coronets with initials beneath each one. At the bottom a scene with trees, animals, a female figure, a small house. a pheasant, a stag. Reversing arcaded tulip border all four sides.
- Inscription
- 2nd Cor: Chap : vth Verse 10th . / For we must all appear before the judgment / seat of Christ, that every one may receive / the things done in his body, according to that / he hath done, whether it be good or bad. (In a rectangular cartouche in the lower quarter):: Margaret Laurie, Aged / ten years . //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 1/8"
- Historical Owner
- #2003.420 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Berger in memory of Susan Jeanette Westfall
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts