(In a saw tooth stitched rectangle): While through Lifes various Scenes I stray / Mary virtuous Friendship chear my way / May Wisdom strew my paths with flowers / And Blessings Crown my Fleeting hours / ( In a strawberry bordered cartouche at the bottom): Hannah Child's work wrought in the / eleventh year of her age A.D. 1805 //

Maker

Child, Hannah (age 11)

Date made

1805

Origin

Boston, MA US

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Flax

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: uppercase script 26 letters. At the center top a basket with fruit or flowers. In a center saw tooth stitched rectangle a two story house with two chimneys, a fenced lawn, a large tree on both sides. A Church on the L and another house on the R. Inner reversing arcaded strawberry(?) border and a scroll outer border.

Inscription

(In a saw tooth stitched rectangle): While through Lifes various Scenes I stray / Mary virtuous Friendship chear my way / May Wisdom strew my paths with flowers / And Blessings Crown my Fleeting hours / ( In a strawberry bordered cartouche at the bottom): Hannah Child's work wrought in the / eleventh year of her age A.D. 1805 //

Length Without Frame

54.5 cm

Width Without Frame

44.2 cm

Historical Owner

#02.002 Lg Gift of Edward E. Loud of LaJolla, CA in 1967

Owner

Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA

Owner Private

Massachusetts Historical Society