- Maker
- Banes, Elizabeth (born 177?)
- Date made
- 1796
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Predominent Motif
- 1 uppercase alphabet: missing the J and Z. Numbers 1-7 and two undecipherable (9 8?). Various simple stitched lines and wide and narrow cross bands. In the bottom panel a two story house set on a green lawn with two facing large birds. On each side a fenced yard with a bird perched in a tall tree, various plants and birds flying in the sky. Reversing arcaded flower border up both sides and a wide arcaded tulip and flower border across the top.
- Inscription
- (Following the numbers): Iune 1796 * / ElIzabeth * Batles Was / born nov. 30 * 1 7 7 (Last number has been removed: what better way to hide your age!).
- Historical Owner
- Donated to the Society by Sybil Tatum Jones in 1939. It was previously owned by Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania and was purchased at a sale of his collection.
- Owner
- Gloucester County Historical Society, Gloucester, NJ
- Owner Private
- Gloucester County Historical Society