(At the top) I Will Wash my Hand .........ilegible. (In a square on the L): I Will Bless God / And Him a Dore / From This Time / And For Evermore / Remember Thy / Creator In Te Days / Of Thy Youth (In a square on the R): To VIrtues Precepts / Lend An Ear And In / Thy Youth Be Wise / Thy Crown Shall Be / Contenement Here / And Binds Be Yond / (Across the bottom): Sarah Barley Her Work Done In The 9th Year Of Her Age 1919 //

Maker

Barley, Sarah (age 9)

Date made

1818

Origin

US

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

2 alphabets: uppercase block and uppercase cursive, both incomplete. Narrow cross bands. In the lower section a wide cross band with two birds and a plant on both L and R and in the center a large flowering tree motif. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.

Inscription

(At the top) I Will Wash my Hand .........ilegible. (In a square on the L): I Will Bless God / And Him a Dore / From This Time / And For Evermore / Remember Thy / Creator In Te Days / Of Thy Youth (In a square on the R): To VIrtues Precepts / Lend An Ear And In / Thy Youth Be Wise / Thy Crown Shall Be / Contenement Here / And Binds Be Yond / (Across the bottom): Sarah Barley Her Work Done In The 9th Year Of Her Age 1919 //

Length Without Frame

16 3/8"

Width Without Frame

17 1/8"

Historical Owner

#1955.58.48d Gift of Dr. James Bordley, Jr.

Owner

Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD

Owner Private

Maryland Historical Society