- Maker
- Bedell, Margaret (Fowler)
- Date made
- 1773 and 1800
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Algerian eye, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets (1 partial): Q and q, missing the U. Numbers 1-(1)0. Two simple geometric cross bands; no border. (Note: Apparently begun when she was a child (ca.1773), then used to record her marriage, the birth and death of a son, then a new piece of cloth was added to record the births of three daughters (ca. 1800) //
- Inscription
- GILbert * FOWLer * WaS / BOrn * OCtOber * 20 * DaY / 1762 * Margaret * BeDell / WaS * BOrN * FeBrUarY / the * 1 * DaY * 1763 * WaS / Married * OCtOber the * 9 * 1791 / BeNJaMIN * FOWLer * WaS / BOrN * AUgUSt * the 3 * DAY / 1792 * aNd * he * DeParted / thIS * LIFe * FebUarY / the * 16 * DaY * 1795 / / ELIZabeth * FOWLer * aNd / CatharINe * FOWLer * WaS / BOrN * DeCeMber * the * 14 / DaY * 1796 * Phebe * FOW / Ler * WaS * BOrN * JULY * / the * 18 * DaY * 1799 //
- Length Without Frame
- 40"
- Width Without Frame
- 40"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*E391810 Gift of Mrs. Gertrude D. Ritter Webster
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
