- Maker
- Sewall, Ruth
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- York, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: upper and lowercase. Various wide and narrow cross bands. Reversing arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- How blest the maid whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the Needle and the Pen divide / Ruth Sewall York 1805 //
- Length Without Frame
- 43.70cm
- Width Without Frame
- 40.70cm
- Historical Owner
- #1976.90
- Owner
- Museums of Old York, York, ME
- Owner Private
- Museums of Old York
