Elizabeth M. Schultz is my name Lower Milford is my dwelling / Place And heaven my expectation When I am Dead and in my grave, / And all my Bones are Rotten When this you see Remember me , / When I em quite forgotten The Rose is read the Lilies are pale / For the my Love shall never fail Round is a Ring and has no end , So is my Love to all my friend And Most Particular to you . (at the bottom): 1881 Elizabeth M Schultz . 1881 //

Maker

Schultz, Elizabeth M. (1857) (age 24?)

Date made

1881

Origin

Lower Milford, Lehigh Cnty, PA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Cotton

Embroidery Thread

Wool

Predominent Motif

5 alphabets: all but one missing the J. The lower third is filled with motifs of flowers, eight pointed stars, a bible, a cross, two baskets of flowers and two eight sided circles. A flower in all four corners. No border.

Inscription

Elizabeth M. Schultz is my name Lower Milford is my dwelling / Place And heaven my expectation When I am Dead and in my grave, / And all my Bones are Rotten When this you see Remember me , / When I em quite forgotten The Rose is read the Lilies are pale / For the my Love shall never fail Round is a Ring and has no end , So is my Love to all my friend And Most Particular to you . (at the bottom): 1881 Elizabeth M Schultz . 1881 //

Length Without Frame

24.25"

Width Without Frame

26.25"

Historical Owner

#2013.32.115

Owner

Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA

Owner Private

Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center