- Maker
- Carmichael, Almira Martha (age 14)
- Date made
- 1829
- Origin
- Sand Lake, NY US
- Stitches
- Flat, Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 136 Verse 703 1 (var)
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets. At top, house, pine trees, weeping willows, rose, basket of flowers. Saw tooth border.
- Inscription
- As beauty and pleasure are near in their prime / When folly and fashion respect my whole time / A h! let not these trifles my wishes engage / Let me live so in youth that I blush not in age / Almira Martha Carmichael aged 14 years / Sandlake Rensalaer County, New York September the 23rd A.D. 1829
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.64 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 136 Verse #703 (1 var)
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center
