- Maker
- Leadbitter, Margaret Jane
- Date made
- 1846
- Origin
- Sandoe, England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Wool
- Predominent Motif
- Solomon's Temple at center top. Along the sides are eight pointed stars, small trees, deer, peacock, plants, birds. At center bottom an urn with large round flowers and two other plants or flowers on both sides. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): South View of Solomons Temple / (In the center): Guard me O God from every sin / Let heart and tongue and life be clean. / Though with ten thousand snares beset / I never would my Lord forget. / (Across the bottom): Margaret Jane Leadbitter Worked this at Mrs. Corb / betts School Sandoe in the year of our Lord 1846
- Length Without Frame
- 27"
- Length With Frame
- 34 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 26"
- Wdith With Frame
- 33 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- #80.49.1 Gift to the Museum in 1980.
- Owner
- National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA
- Owner Private
- National Heritage Museum
- Name of School
- Mrs. Corbett's School, Sandoe, England
