- Maker
- Storer, Hannah (age 8)
- Date made
- 1747
- Origin
- Boston, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 77 Verse 65 (var), 248 (1 var)
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: uppercase letter followed by a lowercase of the same letter but not all letters. Missing J, U. One wide cross band with a large flower and two other narrow ones of tulips and carnations. In the center the Spies of Canaan with a pole with grapes stand between two trees. Reversing arcaded flower border up both sides and across the top. Narrow arcaded leaf border across the bottom.
- Inscription
- (In a saw tooth bordered rectangle): In prosperity Friends will / be plenty : but in Adversity / Not one in Twenty; Behold Alass (sic) our days we / spend: how vain they be / how soon they end / (At the bottom): Hannah Storet her Sam / plet aged eight years //
- Length Without Frame
- 40.5 cm
- Length With Frame
- 46.8 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 30.4 cm
- Wdith With Frame
- 38.8 cm
- Historical Owner
- #02.017 Gift of Dr. Samuel A. Green, Dec. 1908
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 77 verse 65 (var), 248 (1, var)
- Owner
- Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Massachusetts Historical Society