- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- 1812
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Double running, Gobelin, Long armed cross, Montenegrin Cross, Rice, Satin, Two sided cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse: Psalm 39.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 7 alphabets: all missing the J and the U. Numbers 1-13. Various stitched lines and cross bands. The bottom half is filled with various motifs including acorns, trees in urns, 12 small birds and two pheasants, diamond and hearts, flowers. One wide and two narrow cross bands. Motifs across the bottom include a small center tree, two flowers, an arch on L and R with a lion in the arch on the R. No border.
- Inscription
- I SaiD I Will Take Heed To my Way s that / I sin not in my tongue * I will keep my / mouth as if it were with a bridle / Wilt while the wicked is before me / (Note: Psalm 39) //
- Length Without Frame
- 13 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 8 15/16"
- Historical Owner
- #39.567 Gift of Mrs. F. H. Cook 1939
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
