- Maker
- Gilmore, Keziah (age 9)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- Salem County, NJ US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 164 Verse 528
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets. Weeping willow with verse in lower half and inscription (to younger sister?) Arcaded strawberry border.
- Inscription
- AG EG / K Gilmore Born the 26th of April / A.D. 1790 / (In the upper R side borders) worked in my 9th year March 19th 99 KG / In vain doth earthly life afford / A momentary shade / It rises like the prophet's gourd, / And withers o'er my head / But of my Saviour's love possest, / No more for earth I pine / Secure of everlasting rest / Beneath the heavenly vine / IG DG CG RG AAG / Sarah Gilmore born Jan 6th 1797 (sister?)
- Length With Frame
- 13"
- Wdith With Frame
- 15"
- Original Frame
- No
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 164 Verse #528
- Owner
- Salem County Historical Society, Salem, NJ
- Owner Private
- Salem County Historical Society