- Maker
- Cleaves, Mary Ellen
- Date made
- 1832
- Origin
- Portsmouth, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse: #748 (partial). 1815. Page 349
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 6 alphabets: each 26 letters with ampersands. At the bottom a house and barn with a fence between. Two trees with birds, a bird house and two baskets of climbing strawberries. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- A.D. 1831 May / Portsmouth N Ham / / HaPPiness / / Let virtue be your guide / / Mary Ellen Cleaves wrought this in 1832 June //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 22 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 23 1/4"
- Owner
- NSCDA Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, NH
- Owner Private
- NSCDA-NH Moffatt-Ladd House