- Maker
- Marx, Elizabeth
- Date made
- 1802
- Origin
- Reading (?), PA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Straight, Algerian Eye, Satin, Surface Satin, Encroaching Satin, Stem, Queen, Outline.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 wide floral cross bands, both arcaded, one with roses and one with strawberries & forget-me-nots. Center section is framed in a saw tooth band. Wide cross band of geometric flowering vines. Border of arcaded strawberries and pinks all four sides with an outer row of dentil pattern all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- Here In This Garden Here Below / Water Me That I may Grow / And When All Grace To Me Is Given / Then Transplant Me Into Heaven / Elizabeth Marx Her Work 1802 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 14"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*11651 Gift of Mrs. Mary Ellen Totten.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
