- Maker
- Scarborough, Tabitha C.
- Date made
- Unknown
- Origin
- VA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem, Satin, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets in top half. Various cross bands including one strawberry and one saw tooth. Lower half has two trees with birds perched in the branches, a large urn with flowers, cows and lambs. Basket of flowers in lower R and L corners with a reversing arcaded flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- As the young lambs so brisk and gay / On the green grass do skip and play / They look so mild and free from harm / Their sport(?) our eyes do charm. / Tabitha C. Scarborough //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Length With Frame
- 20 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- #0985.14.5 GIft of Emily Scarborough Read
- Owner
- Museum of the Confederacy, Richmond, VA
- Owner Private
- Museum of the Confederacy