- Maker
- Frye, Lydia (age 10)
- Date made
- 1826
- Origin
- Weare, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: 3 with J. Numbers 1-9. Various stitched lines. A saw tooth stitched center panel with a flowering vine at the bottom. At center bottom a large basket of flowers with a grape vine stem and a brown bird perched on a stem on both L and R. Border of individual sprays of various types of flowers up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- Happy the Maid who makes the early choice / Of list'ning to celestial wisdom's voice / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book, the needle and the pen divide / Let science first thine infant steps attend / Youths fairest morn is quickly at an end / Delight thy mind in virtue to improve / In her strict path thy steps should onward move / And let thy graces merit heavenly love / For female wisdom is of greatest worth / Reason and prudence rectitude and truth / Years of true peace thy thoughts must then pursue / Eternal life and joys forever new / Wrought by Lydia Frye Aged 10. Weare 9th mo. 25th 1826 //
- Length Without Frame
- 26.5"
- Width Without Frame
- 16.5"
- Historical Owner
- #192 Gift of William S. Burrill
- Owner
- Lynn Museum, Lynn, MA
- Owner Private
- Lynn Museum