- Maker
- Coffin, Polly (age 11)
- Date made
- 1797
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase block, missing the J. Narrow and wide cross bands. Baskets of flowers, hearts, facing birds perched on flowers, Nantucket tree motifs. At the top and bottom a row of trees. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): Markt This In aPriL * 1797 * (At the bottom): The Unwearied sun from day To day / Does his Creators Power display / Pollly Coffin Born March the 16 1786 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 7/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1987.0010.001 Nantucket Historical Association purchase.
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Owner Private
- Nantucket Historical Association
