- Maker
- Perley, Mary (age 12)
- Date made
- 1813
- Origin
- Ipswich, MA US
- Stitches
- Hem, Outline, Straight, French knots, Bullion knots, Satin, Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each missing the J, one ampersand. Lowercase has both long and short style S. Numbers 1-9 & 12 (stitcher's age). Across the bottom baskets of fruit and flowers. In L and R corners a basket on a pedestal with flowers meandering up the sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- (In a center saw tooth stitched square): 1813 / / Mary Perley wrought this aged (12) / The rising morning can't assure / That we shall end the day / For death stands ready at the door / To snatch our lives away. //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #64.1.40 Gift to the museum in 1962
- Owner
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
- Owner Private
- Old Sturbridge Village
