- Maker
- Richardson, Christiannia (age 12)
- Date made
- 1838
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Beautiful motifs done in four panels with baskets of flowers and fruits, birds, flowers in urns, small trees, angels with trumpets, fruit trees, and at center bottom Adam and Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge. Reversing arcaded border of fruits and flowers all four side.
- Inscription
- Lord prosper them that give me this / Crown them with thy heavenly bliss / (In a cartouche just below center): Christiannia / Richardson. 1838. / Aged. 12 * //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1981.04.02 Gift of the Reverend & Mrs. Van S. Merle-Smith, Jr.
- Owner
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
- Owner Private
- Allentown Art Museum
