- Maker
- Rumrill, Elizabeth C. (age 13)
- Date made
- 1819
- Origin
- Roxbury, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Rococo
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: each complete. 3 ampersands. Numbers 1-19. Various cross bands. Small flower motifs. Bottom right and left a flowering plants set on a base of flowers. Reversing arcaded border of two types of red flowers, and a cross stitch outer border all four sides and a red flower in each corner .
- Inscription
- (Across the center): Wrought by Miss Elizabeth C Rumrill Born November the 20 th 1805 Aet 13 yeas / Roxbury August the 29 1819 / (In a flowering rose cartouche): Happy the child whose early years / Receive instruction well / Who hates the sinners Path and Fears / The road that leads to hell / Our Youth devoted to the Lord / Is Pleasint in his eyes / A flower when offered in the bud / Is no vain sacrifice //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 5/16"
- Historical Owner
- #33.329 Gift of William S. Rumrill 1933
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts