- Maker
- Lee, Hetty (age 10)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Queen, Satin, Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 60 Verse 198
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet. Numbers 1-7. House, barn, fence, trees in upper half. Verse in center with three large trees at the bottom with small foliage at bottom on a small lawn. Saw tooth inner border across top and down both sides. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Fragrant The Rose is But it Fades in Time, The Violet Sweet But / Quickly Past the Prime While Lilies Hang Their Heads and Soon / Decay And Whiter Snow in Minutes Melt away Such and So With'rin / g Are our Early Joys Which Time or Sickness Speedily Destroys. / Hetty Lee Her Work Done In The Tenth Year of Her Age July 1799
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 20"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1970-28-17 Bequest of Emily Coe Stowell from the Coe Collection
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 60 Verse #198
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Cooper Hewitt Museum