- Maker
- Billings, Susanna (age 12)
- Date made
- 1805
- Origin
- US
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: 26 letters plus ampersand done in a solid stitched and a double saw tooth bordered rectangle with three panels. In the first a basket of flowers with a bird on both sides. In the second panel a two story house with a large tree on the R, a dog laying down at the trunk, a flower motif on the L. The third panel has an arcaded border cartouche with the makers name. Scroll border across the bottom and a meandering flower border up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- In Paradise within the gates / Are higher entertainment waits / Fruit new and old laid up in store / Where we shall feed and thirst no more / (At the bottom): Susanna Billings's Work Wrought in / The twelfth year of her age in the / year 1805 //
- Length Without Frame
- 21"
- Width Without Frame
- 16.5"
- Historical Owner
- #1928.6812 William Bridges Thayer Memorial
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 128
- Owner
- Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas
- Owner Private
- Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas
