- Maker
- Brown, Anna (age 8)
- Date made
- 1804
- Origin
- Dover, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Eyelet, Chain
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 182 Verse 685
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk or Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: Uppercase cursive missing J and U. Others 26 letters plus ampersand. Numbers 1-9. All done in a saw tooth rectangle with various stitched lines. Wave border all four sides with a flower inner border. 3 flowers in a square in each corner.
- Inscription
- Be my Ambition only to excell / In the blest art the art of doing well / Anna Brown born 19 of the 5 month / 1796 this did in the year 1804 //
- Length Without Frame
- 15 3/8"
- Length With Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 15 1/4"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 182 Verse 685
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Katherine Steege
