- Maker
- Houghton, Abigail S. (age 11)
- Date made
- 1819
- Origin
- MA ? US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, French knots,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk (gauze)
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. Various cross bands at the top. A large flower adorns the right side. A spray of flowers across the top and a floral border down both sides.
- Inscription
- Death of a Young Person / When blooming youth is snatched away / By death's resistless hand / Out hearts the mournful tribute pay / Which pity must demand / While pity prompts the rising sigh / O may this truth imprest / With awful power--- I too must die -- / Sink deep in every breast / Let this vain world engage no more / Behold the gaping tomb / It bids us seize the present hour / Tomorrow death may come. / Abigail J. Houghton born Dec. 12 1808. Wrought Sept 1819 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18"
- Width Without Frame
- 19"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #0011 Photo by M.S. Frazier
- Owner
- Dedham Historical Society, Dedham, MA
- Owner Private
- Dedham Historical Society
