- Maker
- Osgood, Charlotte (age 11)
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- Newburyport, MA US
- Stitches
- Flat, Chain, Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 203
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: 2 with 26 letters depending on size the others stop when there is no more room. Numbers 1-11 and 1-13. Various cross bands and narrow sided lines. Zig zag border at the borrom.
- Inscription
- Alfred Osgood Born March 7th, 1773 / Mary Osgood Born April 4th, 1778 / Nathaniel S Osgood Born April 23rd, 1801 / John Osgood Born Sept. 1st, 1803 / Charlotte Osgood Born Jany. 30th, 1806 / Alfred Osgood Born June 1st, 1809 / William H. Osgood Born Sept. 5th, 1811 / Mary Ann Osgood Born Dec. 14th, 1816 / How blest the maid whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide. / 1817 (On the lower R side): Wrought by / Charlotte Osgood / Newbury port / July 20th Aged 11 years //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1921.1.30 Gift of Mrs. Anthony H. Dyer
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 203
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society
