- Maker
- Buttrick, Lucretia
- Date made
- ca. 1830
- Origin
- Concord, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes ......... Page 135. Verse #92. 1732 or 6. Page 267.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: block, lowercase and script. Central double saw tooth rectangle. Numbers 1-12. At the foot of the panel are two trees and a basket of flowers. An arcaded border winds from an urn on both sides and across the top. Double saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Labor for learning befoer you grow old / For learning is better than silver or gold / For silver and gold will vanish away / But learning once got will never decay. / Lucretia Buttrick ______ / In Concord, April _______ / Wrought in 18_______ (The dates are carefully picked out, commonly done by Victorian women so that their ages would not be known).
- Length Without Frame
- 12 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 10"
- Historical Owner
- #T1000
- Owner
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
