- Maker
- Glass, Sally (age 14)
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- New England, US
- Stitches
- Stem, Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets. Border of strawberries and flowers around verse. Strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- How blest the maid who circling years improve / Her god the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / Her book, Her Needle and pen divide / On earth let my example shine And when I leave this state / May heaven receive this soul of mine, To bliss divinely great. / Sally Glass Aged 14 worked 1823 / Praise ye the Lord all his his Works
- Length With Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.113 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 163 Verses #188, 601 (var)
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center