- Maker
- Gouger, Elizabeth (age 11)
- Date made
- 1751
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Counted Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- At the top a centered heart with a bird on each side. Just below a basket with flowers and a small motif on each side with a small centered tree. Reaversing arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In the heart): Le be wise / In youth o lord that So I Safe / May tread the way i ourght to / Go lead me and learn me / What is right and just / For in thy help my / God I place / My trust / (In an arched design): THE / LORDS PRAYER / 5 Matthew VI Chapter 9 v / OUR Father, which art in Heaven / hallowed be thy Name, thy King / dom come, thy will be done on EartH / as it is in Heaven. Give us this Day * / our daily BRead, and forgive us our * / Trespasses, as we forgive them that / TRespass against us: And lead us not into / Temptaion, but deliver us from Evil * / For thine is the Kingdom, and the * / power, and the glory, for ever Amen / (At the bottom): ELIZABETH GOUGER HER WORK IN THE XI year of / her age 1751 //
- Length Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Historical Owner
- #1941-69-139 Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, NY, NY
- Owner Private
- Cooper Hewitt Museum
