- Maker
- Ingraham, Margaret (Peggy)
- Date made
- 1762
- Origin
- Bristol, RI US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: uppercase complete but U and V are transposed. At the top two facing white birds with long tales. In the second panel a couple stands on the L beneath a tree, and on the R a male stands next to his music stand and plays a flute. The bottom panel has a two story house with two chimneys, a tree on both sides. A couple stands on the R side. A wide arcaded flower border up both sides.
- Inscription
- Let Virtue Be A Guide To Me // (At the bottom): Peggy Ingraham Born / May 18th 1778 Bristol
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.12 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer 1984
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
