Decker, Rachel Elmira (age 9)

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Maker
Decker, Rachel Elmira (age 9)
Date made
1837
Origin
Staten Island, NY US
Stitches
Cross, Satin, Stem,
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
Done in an inner square are three panels: #1 with a woman on the L and a man on the R dressed in colonial attire. Panel #2 has a depiction with one of the Spies of Canaan on the L (no room for the second spy?) and two birds perched in a small tree on the R. Two baskets of flowers below. The third row has a man on both L and R holding a gun(?) between two facing deer, two small flowering trees with a large basket of flowers in the center. An inner reversing arcaded tulip border is outlined with a narrow diamond border and on the outer edge a reversing arcaded large rose border on all four sides.
Inscription
(In a saw tooth cartouche in the upper third): Rachel. Elmira. Deck / er's Work, done. in / her 9th year . 1837 //
Length Without Frame
25.750"
Width Without Frame
25.5"
Historical Owner
#88.055.0013 Gift of the Estate of J. Bay Robinson
Owner
Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, NY
Owner Private
Historic Richmond Town/Staten Island Historical Society