Clendening, Ruth Hannah (?)

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Maker
Clendening, Ruth Hannah (?)
Date made
ca. 1840
Origin
Loudoun County, VA US
Stitches
Cross, Crosslet, Eyelet, Rice, Herringbone, Queen, Roumanian
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
5 alphabets: #1 26 letters, J is backwards, #2 uppercase ends with T, #3 uppercase ends with V, #4 uppercase script missing J end with W, #5 lowercase has long style S and ends with X. Simple stitched lines. Small motifs. At the center bottom a white two story house with three geometric trees on the L and two on the R. A small flower motif above the roof. At the bottom R a stitched section around a small one story white house. Reversing arcaded strawberry and carnation border up both sides and across the top. Unfinished section at the bottom
Inscription
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear, / A sigh (the absent claim, the dead a tear) (Note: a couplet by Alexander Pope in 1721) //
Length Without Frame
16 3/4"
Width Without Frame
17"
Historical Owner
LM 1995.002 Gift of W. Emory Plaster
Owner
Loudoun Museum, Leesburg, VA
Owner Private
Loudoun Museum