- Maker
- Woodward, Mary (age 11)
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- Barnard, VT (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: 2 missing J, 2 with 26 letters. Vowels AEIO. Numbers 1-13. Two baskets of flowers, across bottom two birds, two small hills with a plant in the center. Cross bands. Double arcaded strawberry border all four sides with large flowers at top corners and small animals at bottom corners.
- Inscription
- (In a 3 sided saw tooth rectangle): When thou seest the naked wanderer of the / Street Shivering with cold and destitute / of habitation let bounty open thine hart let / the wings of charity shelter him from death / That thine own soul may live be virtuous / in thy youth so shall thine age be honoured / Mary Woodward her Work / Aged 11 years 1805 //
- Length Without Frame
- 21"
- Width Without Frame
- 14"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1973.132A Gift of Mrs. Mary Woodward Smith
- Owner
- Historic New England, Haverhill, MA
- Owner Private
- Historic New England