- Maker
- Brown, Abigail
- Date made
- ca. 1800
- Origin
- Newburyport, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem, Satin, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: #1 complete, 2&3 missing both the J and U, #3 ends with S. Numbers 1-(1)0. Various stitched rows with partial and complete cross bands. At the bottom a basket with flowers and birds. Two very large birds on both the L and R . Two small trees, two small baskets with flowers. At the bottom an undulating green lawn with animals and flowers. Saw tooth border across the bottom with a triple border on both sides and across the top of center arcaded flowers with smaller borders on the outside.
- Inscription
- Abigail Brown / Born May 9 1787 (Verse in the center is illegible). //
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 16"
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
