- Maker
- George, Mary
- Date made
- ca. 1830
- Origin
- MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Satin, Stem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: 1& 2 complete, with ampersands. #3 ends with V and #4 ends with Y. All done in a saw tooth rectangle with saw tooth cross bands. At the bottom of the rectangle a leaf and flower cartouche. A flower, berry and leaf border up both sides and across the top. At the bottom L and R a small wide tree with small leaves.
- Inscription
- (In the cartouche at the bottom): I sigh not for beauty nor languish for wealth / But grant me kind providence virtue & health / Then richer than kings & more happy than they / My days shall pass sweetly & swiftly away / (at the bottom): Mary George born / March 3rd / A D 1815 //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Historical Owner
- #JPTC 0043
- Owner
- Loring-Greenough House, Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club, MA
- Owner Private
- Loring-Greenough House Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club
