- Maker
- Tyler, Mary W. (age 12)
- Date made
- Late 18th century
- Origin
- New England (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Algerian Eye, Hem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linsey-woolsey
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase script missing J and U, lowercase missing j and with both long and short S. Numbers 1-14. All done in an inner rectangle. Reversing arcaded acorn border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Embroidry (sic) decks / The canvas round / And yields a pleasing view / So virtue tends / To deck the mind / And form its blisful (sic) state / Mary W Tyler aged 12 years //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1991.0764.01 Purchased
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
