- Maker
- Stone, Sally
- Date made
- 1809
- Origin
- Unknown
- Stitches
- Cross, Tent, Queen, Satin, Hem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase script 26 letters. A large basket of fruit at the top. Below a two story house with two chimneys and a widows walk set on a fenced green lawn. A flowering tree on both sides, one with a perched bird. One flying bird. Above the house a crescent with a crescent moon, the sun and clouds. Wide arcaded border on both sides with a small scroll outer border on all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In the center): Behold the morning Sun / Begins his glorious way / His beames through all the nations run / And life and light convey (In an arcaded strawberry cartouche near the bottom): Sally * Stone's * work * wrought * in * the / twelfth * year * of * her * age * AD * 1809 //
- Length Without Frame
- 21.5"
- Width Without Frame
- 18.25"
- Historical Owner
- #1986.18 Donated by Gertrude A. Strout
- Owner
- Historic Newton, Newton, MA
