- Maker
- Mary S. Cleveland (age 14)
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- RI US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 139 Verse 94 (var), 469
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: uppercase script missing the J. Numbers 1-3. Cornucopia of flowers at top center. At center bottom a basket with flowers. A tree on L and R with a lion on the L and a deer on the R. All done in a zig zag stitched rectangle. Flowing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Author of being source of light / With unfading beauty bright / Fullness goodness rolling round / Thy own fair orb without a bound /Whether thy suppliants call / Truth or good or all or all / God or father thee we hail Thee / Essense that can never fail / Grecian or Barbarick name Thy steadfast being still the same / Thee when morning greets skies / With rosy cheeks and humid eyes / Then when sweet declining day / Sinks in purple waves away / Thee my lips shall still proclaim / And teach the world to bless thy name. / Mary S. Cleveland wrought this August 4th 1823 AE 14 years / Tis education forms the tender mind / Just as the twig is bent the tree?s inclin?d //
- Length Without Frame
- 26"
- Width Without Frame
- 22"
- Historical Owner
- #1840.1.18 Gift of Mrs. Charles Cleveland
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 139 Verses 94 (var), 469.
- Owner
- Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI
- Owner Private
- Rhode Island Historical Society
