- Maker
- Shade, Elizabeth
- Date made
- 1830
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Rococo, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A large geometric flower at center top with smaller floral motifs in a baskets and on small green patches. At the bottom a green hillock with a willow tree on each side, scattered flowers and one flying bird. Border of carnations on the L and grapes on the R meet at the center top.
- Inscription
- (In a centered leafy square): The sweetest flowers will quickly fade / Their beauty soon decay * / But art has kindly lent her aid / And we can bid them stay / Through dreary winter gloomy reign / Still blooming to appear / To vie with vernal flowers again / And florish (sic) all the year / Such is the power of female art / When on her work intent / The flowers compleat in every part / It only wants the scent / Elizabeth Shades / Work 1830
- Length Without Frame
- 23"
- Width Without Frame
- 23 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-210 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art