- Maker
- Hacker, Rebekah (age 10)
- Date made
- 1786
- Origin
- Salem, MA US
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross, Outline, Straight, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: all missing the J and the U. First two end with Z, but #3 ends with S and #4 ends with Y. Various stitched lines including an area on the R with wide diamond cross bands. At the bottom a completely filled stitched scene with a mother and father and a small boy and girl in a wooded glen. Three trees with perched and flying birds, small animals, and flowers in the lawn. Saw tooth border around the upper sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- Behold Alas Our Days We Spend / How Vain They Are How Soon They End / May Useful Ares Employ My Youth / And Love Of Virure And Of Truth / That When These Fleeting Moments End / A Crown Immortal I May Find / Rebekah * Hacker Is My Name And With My / Nedle I work The Same In The 10 Year Of My Age // (Note: Rebekah Hacker 1777-1799). //
- Length Without Frame
- 15 1/2"
- Length With Frame
- 15"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #79.80.3 Gift of Mrs. William P. Hacker
- Owner
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
- Owner Private
- Allentown Art Museum
