- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- 1723
- Origin
- Scotland
- Stitches
- Cross, Long-armed cross, Double darning, Tent, Back, Laid, Couched, Satin, Byzantine, Chain
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Various flower motifs, crowns, birds, potted plants. At In the center is a house with four chimneys, a fenced front lawn, a peacock on both sides. Across the bottom a tall flower motif on L and R. Three small trees with two rabbits and a bloack dog are on both L and R of a centered square. Reversing arcaded tulip border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In a retangular cartouche): Few are thy days and full of woe / O man of woman born / thy doom is written dust thou art / and to dust return (Note: The Complaint of Nature by John Logan 1748-1788 Scotland). Various scattered initials: WS WS SB JB JB ES BH JS etc. //
- Length Without Frame
- 15 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Historical Owner
- 1969-288-120 Whitman Sampler Collection, Pet Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
