- Maker
- Austin, Mary (age 12)
- Date made
- 1784
- Origin
- Salem, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets. Lower half has a figure with a dog chasing a stag in a field. A floral vine on each sides. Birds in flight, a small tree. Saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- M A r Y A u s ti n H e r S A M P L E r / W or k i n t h E 1 2 Y E A r O F / M Y A(ge) of S A L E M 1 7 8 4 //
- Length Without Frame
- 12 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 10"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #53.179.14 Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art