- Maker
- Giles, Sussanna
- Date made
- 1735
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: both missing J. Numbers 1-15. Simple stitched lines and various cross bands. Crown motifs.
- Inscription
- "All things are hard when First we Begin / But Time and Patience all things will win / Delight in learning soon Doth Bring a chil / d to Learn the Hardest Thing * S Giles / "If all Mankind Would Live in Mutual / Love this World WouLd Much Resemble / that above. " Awake, arise, Behold Thou hast thy Life a / Leaf thy Breath a blast at night Lie Down / PrePare to have thy SLeep thy Death thy / Bed thy Grave / ??????????? / Sussanna Giles December 1735 / But Oh how Free a Mercy this That Deaths a Portal / Into Bliss While Yet the Bodys Scarce Undrest The / Soul Is Slipt Into Its Rest / Who Below in Faith and Love are sure to Live with / Christ above a oson Heaven Will to Those That / Live unto the Lord to God oN High Amem / IF you desire Worship God aright / In the Mormins Pray and Last at / Night Crave God his BLessing on You / Labours al and Distress For his / ????????? //
- Length Without Frame
- 9 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.27 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center
