- Maker
- Jones, Rebecca (age 10)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse 132 Page 272.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen (?)
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk (?)
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: #1 only one with the J. Simple stitched lines and one narrow cross band. Numbers 1-10 and 1-22. Motifs of insects, pine trees, strawberries, small black dogs. Narrow reversing arcaded strawberry border on both sides, wide reversing arcaded carnation border across the top and an extra wide reversing arcaded flower border across the bottom.
- Inscription
- And heaven shall be thy dwelling Place / Love the Lord and he will be / A tender father unto thee / This work in hand my friends may have / When i am dead and in my grave / Rebecca * Iones * Her Work done in the tenth Year of her age 1799 //
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 25.5"
- Historical Owner
- #1904.1453.001
- Owner
- Historical Society of Montgomery County, Morristown, PA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Montgomery County