- Maker
- Kittredge, Emily
- Date made
- 1826
- Origin
- Nelson, NH US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: 26 letters, 1 ampersand. Numbers 1-4. Large house at bottom with a large tree on both sides. All enclosed in a saw tooth arcade. Rose border on both sides and across top.
- Inscription
- Blest the maid whom encircling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose youth ful years successively as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide. / / Emily Kittredge aged 11 years Nelson NH Sept. 5, 1826 79
- Length Without Frame
- 20"
- Width Without Frame
- 19"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.5 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
